Epiblema

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The epiblema is a stiff piece of skin in the tail skin of some bats . It enlarges and stiffens this and is supported by a T-shaped piece of cartilage (web), which starts from the foot spur ( calcar ).

literature

  • Wilfried Schober, Eckhard Grimmberger: The bats of Europe - know, determine, protect. 2nd updated edition, Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH, Stuttgart 1998. ISBN 3-440-07597-4