Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!sabol From: sabol@reed.UUCP (Bryan Sabol) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: Australian bats - placental or marsupial? Message-ID: <9234@reed.UUCP> Date: 8 May 88 00:04:19 GMT References: <394@aiva.ed.ac.uk> Reply-To: sabol@reed.UUCP (Bryan Sabol) Organization: Reed College, Portland OR Lines: 15 In article <394@aiva.ed.ac.uk> rw@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Richard White) writes: >of bat was mentioned. Questions: a) are Australian bats placental or >marsupial? b) if placental, are there any other indigenous placental >mammals in Australia ( if indeed bats are indigenous ) c) are there any >species of flying marsupials ( i.e. not gliding ) elsewhere in the world? I can't give you specific sources of information, but as long as you're talking about true bats, then I'm pretty sure that they are placental. I doubt that they're indigenous (educated guess here); and I doubt that there is any flying marsupial...bats were always termed the only flying mammal, period. bryan sabol reedie at large