The membrane that is stretches between the legs of bats, used for flight, and in the case of insect-eating bats, for catching prey. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfemoral_membrane ]
Synonyms: interfemoral membrane interfemoral wing membrane
Term information
In bats: the posterior portion of the body between the two hindlimbs
In pterosaurs: Uropatagium or cruropatagium: the anterior portion between the two hindlimbs, depending on whether it did or did not include the tail
Term relations
- inter limb-segment region and part of some patagium and connected to some hindlimb zeugopod
- inter limb-segment region
- part of some patagium
- connected to some hindlimb zeugopod
- part of some system