Irish Republican Army (1919â22) The Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Irish: Ãglaigh na hÃireann) was an Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation. The ancestor to many groups also known as the Irish Republican Army, it was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916.
Cynopterus sphinx or the Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat-This is a part of the small family Cynopterinae and Cynopterus genus (Short-nosed or dog-faced fruit bats) It is otherwise called Indian Fruit Bat of the short nose variety. You can see these bats in southeastern and southern Asia.ynopterus brachyotis or the Lesser Short-Nosed Fruit bat â This is of part of the small family Cynopterinae and Cynopterus genus (short-nosed or dog-faced fruit bats). The males are yellowish brown to brown having a collar of dark orange, while the females have yellowish collar.
A colony of Peters' tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) Bats are mammals in the order Chiroptera. They are the only mammals that can fly. Other mammals like flying squirrels, or flying possum, can glide but not fly. Bats are nocturnal â they are active during the night, dusk, or dawn. Most use echolocation to catch prey and to find their way about. As nighttime animals, bats avoid direct competition with birds, few of which are nocturnal. Bats are a successful group. They are the second largest order of mammals: there are more than 1,100 species of bats.