Bat Emoji

Animals

A dark silhouette of a bat shown in mid-flight, wings spread wide with prominent ears and pointed wingtips. It represents the nocturnal mammal known for its echolocation and cave-dwelling habits.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used during the Halloween season or when discussing nighttime activities, horror movies, or cave exploration. It is often paired with 🌑 to set a spooky mood or 🧛 to lean into the classic folklore connection between bats and vampires.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of Emoji 3.0, the bat was highly requested by users looking for a way to represent gothic themes and wildlife beyond the standard selection of furry woodland creatures.

Details

Glyph

🦇

Unicode

U+1F987

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f987:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD87;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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