Stellaluna

Stellaluna is the main character of the award-winning book of the same name. In the story of Stellaluna, the character, herself, is a fruit bat.

History
Stellaluna got separated by her mother and gets adopted by a family of birds. As a mother bird delivered worms to her babies, Stellaluna refused to eat one. She and the other birds hung upside-down until the mother bird says that this trait is dangerous. The mother bird will only let Stellaluna be with her only for eating grubs and not hanging upside-down. She is a bit clumsy to fly until she gets her wings stuck on a branch. One of the flying foxes was her mother and the flock of bats got surprised that Stellaluna discovered them. Returning to Pip, Flitter, and Flap, Stellaluna realizes who she is: a flying fox bat.

2004 Animated Film
Stellaluna also appears in the 2004 direct-to-video film produced by Scholastic Productions. However, unlike the character from the book, this character has a relationship between additional characters. One thing is that she has a relationship between Askari, an adventurous spider. She is given a whistle to call for help. Another thing is she meets up with two birds (Horatio and Kasuku) then being given a makeover. Another thing is she is reunited with her flock of bats when trying to avoid Great White Owl. She rallies the flock of bats, along with Pip, Flitter, and Flap to scare away Great White Owl to save Mama Bird from him. When they succeed both Bats and Birds reconcile and the birds watch as Stellaluna flies with her bat flock, where she truly belongs.

Trivia

 * Stellaluna's name means "star moon."