scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 (bat-cov 512) is an enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense rna virus species in the alphacoronavirus, or group 1, genus with a corona-like morphology. it was isolated from a lesser asiatic yellow house bat discovered in southern china. scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: pisuviricota class: pisoniviricetes order: nidovirales family: coronaviridae genus: alphacoronavirus subgenus: pedacovirus species: scotophilus bat coronavirus 512 genome sc-batcov-512 shares a common evolutionary origin in the spike protein of bat-sars cov. this spike protein shares similar deletions with group 2 coronaviruses in the c-terminus.