Megabats and Microbats Objective Students learn about the two groups of bats and research one megabat or microbat. There are about 200 kinds of megabats and about 800 kinds of microbats. Megabats have large eyes and excellent eyesight. Most megabats have short, round ears.
Most megabats eat fruit and have a good sense of smell so that they can find ripened fruit.
They roost together in trees and wrap their wings around themselves to keep warm. They have large ears and small eyes. Most microbats eat insects and use echolocation to hunt. Their ears and noses come in a variety of shapes and sizes. As your students research bats, ask them to identify whether the bats are megabats or microbats.