# Harlequin bat

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{{Short description|Species of bat}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Harlequin bat
| image = EB1911 Chiroptera Fig. 19.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Santiago, K. |author2=Wortham, G. |author3=Fisher, J. |author4=Waldien, D.L. |year=2021 |title=''Scotomanes ornatus'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T20058A22025092 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T20058A22025092.en |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Scotomanes
| parent_authority = [Dobson](/source/George_Edward_Dobson), 1875
| display_parents = 2
| species = ornatus
| authority = ([Blyth](/source/Edward_Blyth), 1851)
| synonyms = *''Nycticejus emarginatus''
*''Nycticejus nivicolus''
*''Nycticejus ornatus''
*''Scotomanes emarginatus''
| range_map = Range Scotomanes ornatus.png
}}

The '''harlequin bat''' ('''''Scotomanes ornatus''''') is a species of [bat](/source/bat) in the family [Vespertilionidae](/source/vesper_bat), the vesper bats. It is the [only member](/source/monotypic_taxon) 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.<ref name="iucn" />

==References==
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{{Vespertilionidae|V.|N.}}

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Category:Vespertilionidae
Category:Bats of India
Category:Mammals of Nepal
Category:Mammals described in 1851
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth
Category:Bats of Asia

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