Harlequin bat
Species of bat
Harlequin bat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Tribe: | Eptesicini |
Genus: | Scotomanes Dobson, 1875 |
Species: | S. ornatus |
Binomial name | |
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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