 A bat origin for SARS-CoV-2 has been proposed. Here, by sampling wild Rhinolophus acuminatus bats from Thailand, the authors identified a SARS-CoV-2 related coronavirus, SC2R-CoV, designated as RACCS-203, with 91.5% genome similarity to SARS-CoV-2, and show that serobtane from bats are melene pangolin neutralized SARS-CoV-2. This article was authored by Superporn Watraplucidae, Chi-Wa-Tan, Patra Paul Manin, and others.