Biodiversity

Bats

The US Postal Service is a good corporate citizen. One of the things we do is help raise awareness in important environmental issues within the community.

This year, as part of National Stamp Collecting Month - beginning Oct 1st - we will release a series of stamps featuring the American Bat.

Did you know that of approximately 950 bat species in the world, 45 are found in North America? Bats are the only true flying mammals. Human beings have always feared and misunderstood them, but they are actually beneficial to us. North American bats help to balance the populations of night-flying insects - including mosquitoes in our backyards and pests that cost farmers millions of dollars annually.

Bats also disperse seeds from fruits, and they are vital to the life of desert plants in the American Southwest.

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