Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight–enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera)
Fig 2
Damages to the wing membranes.
1 (a, b)–tears in the wing–disruption of the wing membrane running from its edge; 2 –holes in wings–holes with a diameter larger than 1 mm, damage to the wing membrane; 3 (a, b, c)–losses in the wing and tail membrane–losses of the edge fragments of the wing membrane, including scarrs that influence the shape of the wing and the lost fragments of uropatagium; 4 –loss of a finger membrane–damage to the dactylopatagium, and loss or deformation of the end part of the wing. 5 (a, b)–bone fractures–visible traces of healed injuries or bone fractures, such as bone thickening, bone fusion, and fractures with the displacement of metacarpal and phalanges bones.