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Bats are air-dwelling mammals that appear in The Lion Guard universe. They live in both the Pride Lands, the Outlands, and the Marsh.
Information
Botswanan long-eared bats are nocturnal mammals of the order Chiroptera. Their forelimbs have webbed wings, making them the only mammals truly capable of flight. They let out chirps that bounce back to them from their environment or insects that serve as potential prey, a talent owned by all bats called echolocation.
Appearance
In the Real World
Bats are small, winged nocturnal mammals with large pointed ears and relatively flat faces.
In The Lion Guard
The bats in The Lion Guard are brown with pink inner ears and a tuft of white fur on their foreheads.
History
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Bunga hangs upside down with some bats as he sings Zuka Zama. The bats then fly away with two of them grabbing Bunga.
Too Many Termites
Ono reports that the Mekundu Bats are asleep in a tree that is about to fall apart. The Guard heads over and shouts for the bats to wake up. Eventually, Bunga climbs into the tree, and the bats quickly exit, causing Ono to fall out of the air as they collide with him.
Baboons!
A baby baboon startles a group of bats as he frolics around whilst Fuli tries to calm him down.
Beware the Zimwi
Three bats are hanging on a tree at the start of the episode. Another bat flies in shortly after, resting between the others.
Lions of the Outlands
During the song Lions Over All as Zira and Kion enter a cave, a colony of bats flies out of holes in the cave wall.
Ono and the Egg
Bats are shown in the song A Real Meal willingly walking into Mpishi's beak alongside hares, hyraxes and chameleons via a conga line.
Marsh of Mystery
Some bats fly out of one of the caves that Ono and Makini see after falling into a cavern in the marsh. It gives Ono the idea to use echolocation to find their way out via Makini's voice.
Comics
The Night Mission
A bat warns the Lion Guard of the hyenas arrival.