Painted bat
Kerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh about 4.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the painted bat
- Weight
- 4.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the painted bat live?
Not recorded
What is the painted bat?
The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is also known as "butterfly bat" (projapoti badur), "rongin chamchika" (coloured bat) or "komola-badami chamchika" (orange-brown bat) in Bengali.
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Is the painted bat endangered?
The painted bat is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.
How is the painted bat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyVespertilionidae
- genusKerivoula
- SpeciesKerivoula picta (Pallas, 1767)
Synonyms Kerivoula kirivoula, Vespertilionis pictum
Other names and names in other languages (19)
- Painted woolly batEnglish
- Painted woolly batEnglish
- Komola-badami ChamchikaBangla
- kerivula barevnáCzech
- Murciélago lanudo pintadoSpanish
- kuviovillakkoFinnish
- Muscardin volantFrench
- Kelawar Kupu-kupuIndonesian
- Pipistrello dipintoItalian
- インドヒオドシコウモリJapanese
- FargeflaggermusNorwegian Bokmål
- BroketflaggermusNorwegian Bokmål
- Bonte VleermuisDutch
- wełniaczek malowanyPolish
- Украшенный гладконосRussian
- විසිතුරු කෙහෙල් වවුලාSinhala
- வண்ண வெளவால்Tamil
- ค้างคาวยอดกล้วยผีเสื้อThai
- Dơi mũi nhẵn đốm vàngVietnamese
Relatives of the painted bat
Other species in the same genus Kerivoula.
Hardwicke's woolly bat
Kerivoula hardwickii
Clear-winged woolly bat
Kerivoula pellucida
Damara woolly bat
Kerivoula argentata
Small woolly bat
Kerivoula intermedia
Lesser woolly bat
Kerivoula lanosa
Whitehead's woolly bat
Kerivoula whiteheadi
ComparePainted bat vs Hardwicke's woolly batPainted bat vs Clear-winged woolly batPainted bat vs Damara woolly batPainted bat vs Small woolly bat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the painted bat?
An adult painted bat weighs 4.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the painted bat endangered?
The painted bat is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the painted bat?
The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) belongs to the family Vespertilionidae in the order Chiroptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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