Horseshoe bats are named after the shape of their noseleaves, a complex horseshoe-shaped fold of skin used to emit echolocational calls and help focus the sound. Broad, round wings provide these bats with excellent manoeuvrability and agility in tight spaces, with many species actually able to hover and pick insects off surfaces and spiders' webs. Horseshoe bats also have a unique roosting posture, wrapping their wings around their body and enshrouding themselves. However, the 100 or so horseshoe species have an array of roosting habits, from large cave colonies to hanging in the open among tree branches.

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