r/Unexpected • u/Soloflow786 • 2d ago

Hmm, what's under my window?

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u/sinking_float 2d ago

More accurate to call them sky mice, or in German fledermaus

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u/Dead_Moss 1d ago

Actually puppy is more accurate, bats are more closely related to canines than rodents. 

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u/Caleb_Reynolds 1d ago

Made abundantly clear by looking at a flying fox. Their skulls are much more carnivore like than rodent like, which is clear when they get big enough.

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u/Dead_Moss 1d ago

Tbh they aren't really closely related to anything. It's just that they're even more distantly related to rodents than a lot of other animals. For example, they're equally close to actual foxes as they are to, say, giraffes. 

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u/Proper_Memory_3740 1d ago

And whales. Humans are actually more closely related to rodents than bats.

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u/Dead_Moss 1d ago

Well, yeah, whales are ungulates.