Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

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

+0
−0

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.

Many kinds of bird wings!

source

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?

History
Why does this post require moderator attention?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

This post was sourced from https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/95835. It is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

0 comment threads

0 answers

Sign up to answer this question »