Controlling Nuisance Bats BATS are unique because they are the only true flying mammals.
Bats wings are thin membranes of skin stretched from fore to hind legs, and from hind legs to tail.
This skin is bare or thinly furred. Most Missouri bats are members of the evening bat family. They are generally inactive during the brighter hours of the day, preferring evening, night and early morning for their feeding flights. When not in flight, they rest in the dark seclusion of natural places such as caves, hollow trees and rock crevices. They also may occupy vacant buildings, church steeples, attics,spaces between walls, and belfries.