''Hipposideros'' is one of the most diverse

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...

of bats, with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...

of the family

Hipposideridae The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 2 ...

. It is divided into species groups based on

morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines *Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...

Species included in this genus are

''armiger'' species group

* Great roundleaf bat, ''H. armiger'' *

Lesser great leaf-nosed bat The lesser great leaf-nosed bat or lesser roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros turpis'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Subspecies *''H. t. turpis'': Yaeyama Islands, Ja ...

, ''H. turpis'' * Pendlebury's roundleaf bat, ''H. pendlebury'' * Ha Long roundleaf bat, ''H. alongensis''

''bicolor'' species group

* Dusky leaf-nosed bat, ''H. ater'' * Benito roundleaf bat, ''H. beatus'' * Bicolored roundleaf bat, ''H. bicolor'' * Short-headed roundleaf bat, ''H. breviceps'' * Sundevall's roundleaf bat, ''H. caffer'' * Spurred roundleaf bat, ''H. calcaratus'' * Fawn leaf-nosed bat, ''H. cervinus'' * Ashy roundleaf bat, ''H. cineraceus'' * Large Mindanao roundleaf bat, ''H. coronatus'' *

Cox's roundleaf bat Cox's roundleaf bat or Cox's leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros coxi'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Borneo. All confirmed records are from Sarawak (Malaysia), but it might also occur in Kalimantan Kalimant ...

, ''H. coxi'' * Timor roundleaf bat, ''H. crumeniferus'' * Short-tailed roundleaf bat, ''H. curtus'' * Borneo roundleaf bat, ''H. doriae'' * Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. durgadasi'' *

Dayak roundleaf bat The Dayak roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros dyacorum''), also known as the least roundleaf bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Indonesia and Malaysia. Taxonomy The Dayak roundleaf bat was described as a new spe ...

, ''H. dyacorum'' *

Sooty roundleaf bat The sooty roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros fuliginosus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. I ...

, ''H. fuliginosus'' *

Fulvus roundleaf bat The fulvus roundleaf bat or fulvus leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros fulvus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Taxonomy The fulvus roundleaf ...

, ''H. fulvus'' *

Cantor's roundleaf bat Cantor's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros galeritus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It is named after Theodore Ed ...

, ''H. galeritus'' *

Thailand roundleaf bat The Thailand roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros halophyllus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Thailand. Distribution ''Hipposideros halophyllus'' is found in: *Khao Samor Khon, Lopburi Province (1,000-1,400 indiv ...

, ''H. halophyllus'' *

Kolar leaf-nosed bat The Kolar leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros hypophyllus''), or leafletted leaf-nosed bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and caves. It is found i ...

, ''H. hypophyllus'' *

Jones's roundleaf bat Jones's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros jonesi'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to southern West Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland gr ...

, ''H. jonesi'' * Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat, ''H. khaokhouayensis'' * Lamotte's roundleaf bat, ''H. lamottei'' * Big-eared roundleaf bat, ''H. macrobullatus'' *

Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat The Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros maggietaylorae'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1981 ...

, ''H. maggietaylorae'' * Aellen's roundleaf bat, ''H. marisae'' *

Malayan roundleaf bat The Malayan roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros nequam'') is a horseshoe bat found only in Malaysia. It is listed as a data deficient species. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype had ...

, ''H. nequam'' * Philippine forest roundleaf bat, ''H. obscurus'' *

Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat The orbiculus leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros orbiculus''), also known as the orbiculus roundleaf bat and small disc roundleaf bat, is a species of bat from the family Hipposideridae. The species has been found on the island of Sumatra in Indonesi ...

, ''H. orbiculus'' * Biak roundleaf bat, ''H. papua'' * Pomona roundleaf bat, ''H. pomona'' *

Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat The Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros pygmaeus''), also called the Philippine pygmy leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it has been recorded on Bohol, Luzon (Camar ...

, ''H. pygmaeus'' * Ridley's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. ridleyi'' * Laotian leaf-nosed bat, ''H. rotalis'' * Noack's roundleaf bat, ''H. ruber''

''cyclops'' species group

Greater roundleaf bat The greater roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros camerunensis'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map ...

, ''H. camerunensis'' *

Telefomin roundleaf bat The Telefomin roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros corynophyllus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, ...

, ''H. corynophyllus'' * Cyclops roundleaf bat, ''H. cyclops'' *

Hill's roundleaf bat Hill's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros edwardshilli'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae endemic to Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy Hill's roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1993 by Tim Flannery and Donald Colgan. The holot ...

, ''H. edwardshilli'' *

Fly River roundleaf bat The Fly River roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros muscinus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy The Fly River roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1886 by ...

, ''H. muscinus'' *

Semon's roundleaf bat Semon's leaf-nosed bat or Semon's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros semoni'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae.Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) ''The Mammals of Australia'', Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Bri ...

, ''H. semoni'' *

Northern leaf-nosed bat The northern leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros stenotis'') is a micro-bat of the family Hipposideridae, known as "leaf-nosed" bats. The species is endemic to northern regions of Australia. They are highly manoeuvrable in flight, and use echolocatio ...

or narrow-eared roundleaf bat, ''H. stenotis''

''commersoni'' species group

* Commerson's roundleaf bat, ''H. commersoni'' * Giant roundleaf bat, ''H. gigas'' * Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat, ''H. thomensis'' * Striped leaf-nosed bat, ''H. vittatus'' *

Wollaston's roundleaf bat Wollaston's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros wollastoni'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua (region), West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It was named after the explorer Sandy Wollaston. Taxonomy an ...

, ''H. wollastoni''

''diadema'' species group

* Makira roundleaf bat, ''H. demissus'' * Diadem roundleaf bat, ''H. diadema'' *

Fierce roundleaf bat The fierce roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros dinops'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands ...

, ''H. dinops'' *

Crested roundleaf bat The crested roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros inexpectatus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Taxonomy The crested roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1954 by Eleanor M. O. Laurie and John ...

, ''H. inexpectatus'' * Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, ''H. inornatus'' * Indian roundleaf bat, ''H. lankadiva'' * Large Asian roundleaf bat, ''H. lekaguli'' *

Peleng leaf-nosed bat The Peleng leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros pelingensis'') is a species of bat native to Sulawesi and other adjacent Indonesian islands. It has been recorded in Marus National Park and Lambu Sango National Reserve. Taxonomy and etymology It was d ...

, ''H. pelingensis''

''larvatus'' species group

* Grand roundleaf bat, ''H. grandis'' * Intermediate roundleaf bat, ''H. larvatus'' * Maduran leaf-nosed bat, ''H. madurae'' * Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. sorenseni'' *

Sumba roundleaf bat The Sumba roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros sumbae'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It lives in Indonesia and East Timor. It is present on the islands of Sumba, Rote Island, Rote, Sumbawa, Flores, Semau, and Savu. Taxonomy and et ...

or Sumban leaf-nosed bat, ''H. sumbae''

''megalotis'' species group

Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat The Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros megalotis'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical ...

, ''H. megalotis''

''pratti'' species group

Shield-faced roundleaf bat The shield-faced roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lylei'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Sociali ...

, ''H. lylei'' *

Pratt's roundleaf bat Pratt's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros pratti'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1891 by British zoolog ...

, ''H. pratti'' * Swinhoe's roundleaf bat, ''H. swinhoei''

''speoris'' species group

Aba roundleaf bat The Aba roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros abae''), also known as the Aba leaf-nosed batSchneider's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. speoris''

Uncertain group

*'' Hipposideros besaoka'' * Boeadi’s roundleaf bat, ''H. boeadii'' *

Sulawesi roundleaf bat Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu ...

, ''H. celebensis'' *'' Hipposideros cryptovalorona'' * Griffin's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. griffini'' * Khasian leaf-nosed bat, ''H. khasiana'' *

Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat The shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat or shield-nosed roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros scutinares'') is a bat from Laos and Vietnam. Taxonomy In their initial description for ''H. scutinares'', Mark F. Robinson and colleagues placed this species in the ' ...

''H. scutinares'' *''

Hipposideros tephrus ''Hipposideros tephrus'' is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in forest and savanna in Morocco, Yemen, and Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: ...

'' * House-dwelling leaf-nosed bat, ''H. einnuythu''

Fossil species

The species '' Hipposideros bernardsigei'' Hand, 1997 describes one of many species of bats discovered in the north of Australia, the

Riversleigh fauna Riversleigh fauna is the collective term for any species of animal identified in fossil sites located in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area. Faunal zones The presence of the Riversleigh in the Oligo-Miocene has been exceptionally well preserved ...

, and appears to be a member of an Australopapuan group in an early radiation of the genus. The first hipposiderid to be described from

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Hipposideros winsburyorum'' Hand, 1999. Other named fossil species allied to ''Hipposideros'' include ''Hipposideros'' (''

Pseudorhinolophus ''Hipposideros'' is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament. It is the type genus of the family Hipposideridae. It is divided into spe ...

''), '' Hipposideros collongensis'', '' Hipposideros conquensis'', '' Hipposideros felix'', '' Hipposideros minor'', '' Hipposideros morloti'', '' Hipposideros omani'' and '' Hipposideros schlosseri''.

References

* Bat genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Hipposideridae-stub