Could you make Bat wings shaped like the different kinds of Bird wings?

I've been designing an an intelligent, bat-inspired avian race, and I've been struck with a question that I need answered.

Now, I want to have these bats to fulfill different types of ecological niches that are occupied by birds. Think akin to eagles, terns, ravens, maybe even flightless cassowary analogues. I've included a picture illustrating some of the different wing shapes birds have.

This means that these bats would be specialized for different kinds of flight, which may mean changing the wing shape.

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From what I've seen, most bats have wing shapes that fall under the elliptical shape category. It's kind of hard to find resources on different bat wing shapes.

Now, when I was thinking about changing the shape of the bats wings, I just thought I could change around the length and layout of the fingers until it fit the wing shape I was looking for. I don't think it's that simple though. As you can see from this picture, the different types of bird flight also depend on the birds feathers.

The solution I was thinking was making the webbing not go all the way to the tip of the fingers, making a sort of scalloped edge to mimic the feathers seen in some birds. But I don't know if it would negatively affect their flying.

Thus, my question. Could you make bat wings that operate like the different types of bird wings?

posted about 7 years ago

Lot-Of-Malarkey‭

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