---
title: "Painted Bat"
description: "Kerivoula picta — Mammals. The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/painted-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Bat

> Kerivoula picta — Mammals. The painted bat (Kerivoula picta) or painted wooly bat is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.

- Scientific name: *Kerivoula picta*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 62
- Wikidata: [Q647798](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647798)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40458](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40458)

## Names

- en: Painted Bat
- es: Murciélago lanudo pintado
- fr: Muscardin volant
- pl: Wełniaczek malowany

## Countries with the most observations

IN (38), LK (4), ID (3), TH (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_bat

## Photo

![Painted Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerivoula_picta_-_Museo_Civico_di_Storia_Naturale_Giacomo_Doria_-_Genoa,_Italy_-_DSC02554.JPG

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/painted-bat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).