Jul 12, 2024, 01:47 PM IST

Animals that can fly but aren't birds

Mahipal Chouhan

Bats - The only mammals capable of sustained flight.

Flying Fish - Can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of the water where their long, wing-like fins enable gliding for considerable distances.

Flying Squirrels - Glide between trees using a special membrane called a patagium.

Flying Lemurs (Colugos) - Use a wide skin membrane to glide between trees.

Flying Frogs - Have webbed feet that allow them to glide.

Flying Snakes - Flatten their bodies to glide through the air.

Gliding Ants - Use controlled gliding to navigate between trees.

Sugar Gliders - Small marsupials with a membrane that allows them to glide.

This information is not DNA's opinion but obtained from media reports