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
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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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Scotomanes ornatus |
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