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Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

is a flying mammal in the Chiroptera order.

Bats may also refer to:

Films

  • Bats (film)
    Bats (film)
    Bats is a 1999 horror film, directed by Louis Morneau and produced by Destination Films. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton and Leon.-Plot:...

     (1999), starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Bob Gunton
  • Bats: Human Harvest
    Bats: Human Harvest
    Bats: Human Harvest is a 2007 Sci-Fi Channel original movie, directed by Jamie Dixon, and starring David Chokachi, Tomas Arana, Bill Cusack, and Melissa De Sousa.-Plot:...

     (2007)

Groups

  • Bats people
    Bats people
    The Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia who are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they are believed to have settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th...

    , a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia
  • Bats (band)
    Bats (band)
    Bats are a five piece band based in Dublin, Ireland. Formed in 2007, they are a blend of post-punk, hardcore and metal, with lyrics drawing heavily from science subject areas.The début EP Cruel Sea Scientist was released in 2007 on Armed Ambition...

    , a Dublin, Ireland
    Ireland
    Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

     based Progressive / Post-punk / Metal band
  • The Bats
    The Bats
    The Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean , Malcolm Grant , Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward...

    , a New Zealand rock band
  • BATS Improv
    BATS Improv
    BATS Improv is a non-profit improvisational theatre company in San Francisco. Founded in 1986, their unique style of acting-based improvisational theatre is well-known in improv circles around the world...

    , an improvisational theatre company in San Francisco, United States
  • Bats Exchange, Inc
    Bats Exchange, Inc
    BATS is a stock exchange based in Lenexa, Kansas, a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri. BATS was founded in June 2005 as an ECN and its name stands for Better Alternative Trading System....

    , an electronic equities exchange based in Kansas City, Kansas, United States

People

  • Joël Bats
    Joël Bats
    Joël Bats is a retired goalkeeper and French international footballer.-Goalkeeper:Bats began his professional career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1974, moving on to newly promoted AJ Auxerre the following year...

     (b. 1957), a former French goalkeeper and international footballer.

Sr. Rosemarie Freitag, a nun with an attitude who resembles a bat.

Places

  • BATS, acronym for Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study
    Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study
    The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study is a long-term oceanographic study by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences . Based on regular research cruises, it samples an area of the western Atlantic Ocean nominally at the coordinates...

    , a long-term oceanographic study site
  • Bats, Landes
    Bats, Landes
    Bats is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....

    , a commune in France
  • BATS Theatre
    Bats Theatre
    BATS Theatre is New Zealand's leading venue for the development of new theatre practitioners and plays. Most of the productions at Bats Theatre are New Zealand works...

    , a New Zealand theatre venue

Languages

  • Bats language
    Bats language
    Bats is the language of the Bats people, a Caucasian minority group, and is part of the Nakh family of Caucasian languages. It had 2,500 to 3,000 speakers in 1975....

    , the language spoken by the Bats people
    Bats people
    The Bats people or the Batsbi are a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia who are also known as the Ts’ova-Tush after the Ts’ova Gorge in the historic Georgian province of Tusheti , where they are believed to have settled after migrating from the North Caucasus in the 16th...

  • Slang term for Battle buddy
    Battle buddy
    A Battle Buddy is a partner assigned to a fellow soldier in the United States Armed Forces.  Assigned in pairs, each Battle Buddy is expected to assist his or her partner both in and out of combat...

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