Bat (Harry Potter)

> A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet.
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> Description of the Hallowe'en feast in 1991, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The **bat** is a flying mammal native to many parts of the world.Template:Creature

## Description

They were nocturnal and/or crepuscular and feed on a range of food from insects to fruits. Bats were particularly vulnerable to the Knockback Jinx, if a need to dispatch an aggressive one arose.
It was also a possible corporeal form of the Patronus Charm.

## History

Bats could be found in the Forbidden Forest, nesting high in the trees.
The ***Magical Menagerie*** in Diagon Alley sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on ***1 August***, 1991. ***Bat spleens*** were used as a ***potion*** ingredient. ***Vampire bat***s were covered on the Ministry-approved fifth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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In 1991 at the Hallowe'en feast on 31 October, the Great Hall was decorated with over a thousand live bats. Live bats were again part of the Hallowe'en feast festivities in 1993. Later that school year, in ***June*** of ***1994***, bats fluttered through the windows of Hagrid's Hut. A swarm of bats flew through the Forbidden Forest later that night, and ***Buckbeak*** the ***Hippogriff*** caught one, crunching noisily on it.
The House-elf Dobby's ears were described as being "bat-like."

## Types of bat

* Mortis Bat
* Spectre Bat
* Vampire bat
* Fruit bat

## Behind the scenes

* A semi-frequent joke within the series is Severus Snape's resemblance to a bat. One such example is in *Harry-Potter and The Goblet-Of Fire* (film), Ron wonders if Snape could have beat Harry and Dumbledore to the Forbidden Forest and Harry comments "Not unless he can turn himself into a bat or something." Ron replies "Wouldn't put it past him." In *Harry-Potter and The Half-Blood Prince* (film), during a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, it was stated that he looked "just as much like an overgrown bat as ever".

## Appearances

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* *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) (First Physical Appearance)
* *Harry-Potter and The Prisoner-Of Azkaban* (film)
* ***Quidditch Through the Ages***
* *Pottermore*
* *LEGO Harry Potter*
* *LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4*
* *LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7*
* *Harry Potter Trading Card Game*
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* *Harry Potter: The Creature Vault* (Entirely Mentioned Only)
* *Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery*
* *Harry Potter: Wizards Unite* (Entirely Mentioned Only)
* *Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells*
* *Harry Potter: Magic Awakened*

## Notes and references

1. ↑  Bat on Wikipedia
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film)
3. ↑ (see this image)
4. ↑ *Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery*
5. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) - Chapter 15 (*New Seeker*)
6. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film)
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *Harry-Potter and The Prisoner-Of Azkaban* (film)
8. ↑ *Harry-Potter and The Chamber-Of Secrets* (film)
9. ↑ ***Quidditch Through the Ages***, Chapter 8 (*The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide*)