Bats have a variety of unique tactics for sensing their environments. ... Many species of bat use echolocation, but they don't all employ it in the same way. And some bats don't use sonar at all.

Do bats actually use echolocation?

Bats navigate and find insect prey using echolocation. They produce sound waves at frequencies above human hearing, called ultrasound. ... The bat calls can be translated into forms humans can see and hear. For example, bats use echolocation when they're hunting.

What type of bats use echolocation?

All bats — apart from the fruit bats of the family Pteropodidae (also called flying foxes) — can “echolocate” by using high-pitched sounds to navigate at night.