Harlequin bat
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Species of bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Scotomanes Dobson, 1875 |
| Species: | S. ornatus
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| Scotomanes ornatus (Blyth, 1851)
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The harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae, the vesper bats. It is the only member of the genus Scotomanes.
The harlequin bat is found in south-eastern Asia from India to China and Vietnam. It is a common and widespread species that lives in forests and caves and roosts in trees.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Santiago, K.; Wortham, G.; Fisher, J.; Waldien, D.L. (2021). "Scotomanes ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T20058A22025092. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T20058A22025092.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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