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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

chordate go
any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column

vertebrate, craniate go
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

mammal, mammalian go
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal go
mammals having a placenta

bat, chiropteran go
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

carnivorous bat, microbat go
typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects

vespertilian bat, vespertilionid
a variety of carnivorous bat

noun.animal

12 Subcategories

frosted bat, Vespertilio murinus go
common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coat
red bat, Lasiurus borealis go
North American bat of a brick or rusty red color with hairs tipped with white
little brown bat, little brown myotis, Myotis leucifugus go
the small common North American bat
cave myotis, Myotis velifer go
small bat of southwest United States that lives in caves etc.
big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus go
rather large North American brown bat
serotine, European brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus go
common brown bat of Europe
pallid bat, cave bat, Antrozous pallidus go
drab yellowish big-eared bat that lives in caves
pipistrelle, pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus go
small European brown bat
eastern pipistrel, Pipistrellus subflavus go
one of the smallest bats of eastern North America
western pipistrel, SPipistrellus hesperus go
of western North America
jackass bat, spotted bat, Euderma maculata go
a large bat of the southwestern United States having spots and enormous ears
long-eared bat go
any of various Old or New World bats having very long ears