Related to rodents or birds. Fruit bats bring us over 450 commercial products, including 80 medicines. The seed dispersal and pollination activities of fruit and nectar eating bats are vital to the survival of rain forests. Night blooming plants and trees depend on nectar eating bats for pollination. Vampire bats do not attack humans .
Vampire bats are very small and generally drink the blood of animals and poultry.
Bats are now considered the most endangered land mammal in North America. Less than one-half of one percent of bats contract rabies. A grounded bat should never be handled because it may bite in self-defense. If you find a bat, call a wildlife rehabilitator or an animal organization for help. Bats, for their size, are the slowest reproducing mammals on earth.