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.
As of the 2001 Canadian Census, 1,588,590 people resided in the territory of the city of Montreal proper (new 2006 demerged territory/the island of Montreal is about 1,900,000). The population of the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area (also known as Greater Montreal Area) is estimated at 3,720,000 in 2006. Montreal is ranked as the 15th-largest metropolitan area in Northern America[4][5] and 74th in the world.. Quebec City or QuÃ©bec (French: Ville de QuÃ©bec, or simply QuÃ©bec) is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec. It is the second largest city in the province, after Montreal.