ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBat Myth #1: Bats are just winged micei.postimg.ccimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageBat Myth #1: Bats are just winged micei.postimg.ccickplant@lemmy.worldM to Bats@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Mice are rodents, bats are not. They are insectivores. Bats are more closely related to humans than mice.
minus-squarepalordrolap@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAccording to Wikipedia, bats and whales have a closer common ancestor than either do to humans or mice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat#Evolution However, it is mice that are more closely related to humans, not bats, so the comic has its wires crossed on that particular fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euarchontoglires
According to Wikipedia, bats and whales have a closer common ancestor than either do to humans or mice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat#Evolution
However, it is mice that are more closely related to humans, not bats, so the comic has its wires crossed on that particular fact. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euarchontoglires