''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 nomenclat ...

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

s, 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 nominal f ...

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, 20 ...

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

''bicolor'' species group

Dusky leaf-nosed bat The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' speci ...

, ''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 The fawn leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros cervinus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vanuatu. Taxonomy The species was first described by John Gould in his Mammals of ...

, ''H. cervinus'' * Ashy roundleaf bat, ''H. cineraceus'' * Large Mindanao roundleaf bat, ''H. coronatus'' * Cox's roundleaf bat, ''H. coxi'' *

Timor roundleaf bat The Timor roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros crumeniferus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...

, ''H. crumeniferus'' * Short-tailed roundleaf bat, ''H. curtus'' *

Borneo roundleaf bat The Borneo roundleaf bat or Bornean leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros doriae'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. ''Hipposideros sabanus'' is a synonym of this species. Taxon ...

, ''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 speci ...

, ''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. Its ...

, ''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 b ...

, ''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 Edwa ...

, ''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 in ...

, ''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 gra ...

, ''H. jonesi'' * Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat, ''H. khaokhouayensis'' *

Lamotte's roundleaf bat Lamotte's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros lamottei'') is a species of bat found only at Mount Nimba on the border of Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Liberia. It is critically endangered. Taxonomy It was described as a new species in 1984 by French zoo ...

, ''H. lamottei'' *

Big-eared roundleaf bat The big-eared roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros macrobullatus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, known from Kangean Islands, southwestern Sulawesi and Seram Island. It roosts in caves and tree hollows and ...

, ''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 b ...

, ''H. maggietaylorae'' *

Aellen's roundleaf bat Aellen's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros marisae'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Liberia. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical forests and caves. Taxonomy and etymology It wa ...

, ''H. marisae'' * Malayan roundleaf bat, ''H. nequam'' * Philippine forest roundleaf bat, ''H. obscurus'' * Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat, ''H. orbiculus'' * Biak roundleaf bat, ''H. papua'' * Pomona roundleaf bat, ''H. pomona'' * Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat, ''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, ''H. camerunensis'' * Telefomin roundleaf bat, ''H. corynophyllus'' * Cyclops roundleaf bat, ''H. cyclops'' * Hill's roundleaf bat, ''H. edwardshilli'' * Fly River roundleaf bat, ''H. muscinus'' * Semon's roundleaf bat, ''H. semoni'' * Northern leaf-nosed bat or narrow-eared roundleaf bat, ''H. stenotis''

''commersoni'' species group

* Commerson's roundleaf bat, ''H. commersoni'' *

Giant roundleaf bat The giant roundleaf bat (''Macronycteris gigas'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in western tropical Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and caves. The species was formerly consid ...

, ''H. gigas'' * Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat, ''H. thomensis'' * Striped leaf-nosed bat, ''H. vittatus'' * Wollaston's roundleaf bat, ''H. wollastoni''

''diadema'' species group

* Makira roundleaf bat, ''H. demissus'' * Diadem roundleaf bat, ''H. diadema'' * Fierce roundleaf bat, ''H. dinops'' * Crested roundleaf bat, ''H. inexpectatus'' * Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, ''H. inornatus'' * Indian roundleaf bat, ''H. lankadiva'' * Large Asian roundleaf bat, ''H. lekaguli'' * Peleng leaf-nosed bat, ''H. pelingensis''

''larvatus'' species group

* Grand roundleaf bat, ''H. grandis'' *

Intermediate roundleaf bat The intermediate roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros larvatus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet N ...

, ''H. larvatus'' *

Maduran leaf-nosed bat The Maduran leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros madurae'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae endemic to Indonesia. This species is known from the eastern half of Java and on Madura Island. It is found below . It is an IUCN Red List Near ...

, ''H. madurae'' * Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. sorenseni'' * Sumba roundleaf bat or Sumban leaf-nosed bat, ''H. sumbae''

''megalotis'' species group

* Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, ''H. megalotis''

''pratti'' species group

* Shield-faced roundleaf bat, ''H. lylei'' * Pratt's roundleaf bat, ''H. pratti'' * Swinhoe's roundleaf bat, ''H. swinhoei''

''speoris'' species group

* Aba roundleaf bat, ''H. abae'' * Schneider's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. speoris''

Uncertain group

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Hipposideros besaoka ''Hipposideros besaoka'' is an extinct bat from Madagascar in the genus ''Hipposideros''. It is known from numerous jaws and teeth, which were collected in a cave at Anjohibe in 1996 and described as a new species in 2007. The site where ''H.&nbs ...

'' * Boeadi’s roundleaf bat, ''H. boeadii'' * Sulawesi roundleaf bat, ''H. celebensis'' *'' Hipposideros cryptovalorona'' * Griffin's leaf-nosed bat, ''H. griffini'' * Khasian leaf-nosed bat, ''H. khasiana'' * Shield-nosed leaf-nosed bat ''H. scutinares'' *'' Hipposideros tephrus'' * 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 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