There are 997 species of bats alive today. Bats include two basic groups, the megabats and microbats. There is some controversy over just how closely the megabats and microbats are related, with some scientists arguing that the two groups are differ markedly in brain structure.
Montrealâs province, Quebec, is culturally distinct from the rest of Canada because its sole official language is French. In fact, Montreal is the second largest French speaking city in the world, after Paris. Montrealâs climate varies wildly from season to season.
1 Montreal is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris. 2  The first permanent European settlement was created in Montreal in 1639. 3  After New York, Montreal has the highest number of restaurants, per capita, in North America.  Hiroshima, Japan is the 'sister city' of Montreal, Quebec.