Hipposideros Gray, 1831. Zool. Misc. 1: 37.
Vespertilio speoris Schneider, 1800
Hipposideros abae J. A. Allen, 1917.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37: 432.
Aba Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros alongensis Bourret, 1942.
C. R. Cons. Rech. Sci. Indochine, 2nd sem, .
Halong Bay Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros antricola (Peters, 1861).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 709.
Philippine Dusky Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835).
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 699.
Great Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848.
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 17: 252.
Dusky Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 17: 279.
Benito Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros bicolor (Temminck, 1834).
Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. 1: 19.
Bicolored Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros boeadii Bates, Rossiter, Suyanto & Kingston, 2007.
Acta Chiropterol. 9(1): 14.
Boeadi's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros brachyotus (Dobson, 1874).
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 43, pt. 2: 237.
Dobson’s Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros breviceps Tate, 1941.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 78: 358.
Short-headed Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846).
Öfv. Kongl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm 3(4): 118.
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros calcaratus (Dobson, 1877).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877: 122.
Spurred Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854).
Mamm. Austr. 3: pl. 34.
Fawn-colored Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853.
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 22: 410.
Ashy Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros coronatus (Peters, 1871).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1871: 327.
Large Mindanao Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros corynophyllus Hill, 1985.
Mammalia 49: 527.
Telefomin Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros coxi Shelford, 1901.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 8: 113.
Cox's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros crumeniferus (Lesueur & Petit, 1807).
In Peron, Voyage Decouv. Terres Australes, Atlas pl. 35.
Timor Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros curtus G. M. Allen, 1921.
Rev. Zool. Afr. 9: 194.
Short-tailed Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros demissus K. Andersen, 1909.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 3: 268.
Makira Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros diadema (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1813).
Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 20: 263.
Diadem Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros dinops K. Andersen, 1905.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 16: 502.
Fierce Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros doriae (Peters, 1871).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1871: 326.
Bornean Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros durgadasi Khajuria, 1970.
Mammalia 64: 623.
Durga Das's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros dyacorum Thomas, 1902.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 9: 271.
Dayak Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros edwardshilli Flannery & Colgan, 1993.
Rec. Aust. Mus. 45: 45.
Hill's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros einnaythu Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Satasook, Soisook, Hla Bu, Aul, Harrison, Pearch, Thomas & Bates, 2011.
Acta Chiropterol. 13(1): 68.
House-dwelling Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros fuliginosus (Temminck, 1853).
Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine p. 77.
Sooty Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros fulvus Gray, 1838.
Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 492.
Fulvus Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846.
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 15: 183.
Cantor's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros gentilis K. Andersen, 1918.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 9, 2: 380, 381.
Exotic Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros grandis G. M. Allen, 1936.
Rec. Indian Mus. 38: 345.
Grand Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros griffini Thong, Puechmaille, Denzinger, Dietz, Csorba, Bates, Teeling & Schnitzler, 2012.
J. Mammal. 93(1): 3.
Griffin's Roundleaf bat
Hipposideros halophyllus Hill & Yenbutra, 1984.
Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool. 47: 77.
Thailand Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros hypophyllus Kock & Bhat, 1994.
Senk. Biol. 73: 26.
Leafletted Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros inexpectatus Laurie & Hill, 1954.
List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes, and Adjacent Islands p. 60.
Crested Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros inornatus McKean, 1970.
West. Aust. Nat. 11(6): 138.
McKean's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros jonesi Hayman, 1947.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 11, 14: 71.
Jones' Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros khaokhouayensis Guillén-Servent & Francis, 2006.
Acta Chiropterol. 8(1): 44.
Phou Khao Khouay Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros kingstonae Wongwaiyut, Karapan, Saekong, Francis, Guillen-Servent, Senawi, Khan, Bates, Jantarit & Soisook, 2023.
Zootaxa 5277: 406.
Kingston's Roundleaf Bat
Thailand, Narathiwat Province, Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary, Phru To Daeng Peat Swamp Forest (=Sirindhorn Peat Swamp Forest)
S Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and Sabah (Borneo), possibly Palawan (Philippines)
CITES - Not Listed (new species). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Kingston, T., B.L. Lim, and A. Zubaid. 2006. Bats of the Krau Wildlife Reserve. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi: 145. Not available online.
Murray S.W., P. Campbell, T. Kingston, A. Zubaid, C.M. Francis, and T.H. Kunz. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of hipposiderid bats from Southeast Asia and evidence of cryptic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(2): 597-611. Read abstract.
Murray, S.W., Khan, F.A., Kingston, T., Zubaid, A. and Campbell, P. 2018. A new species in the Hipposideros bicolor group (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Peninsular Malaysia. Acta chiropterologica 20(1): 1-29. Read abstract.
Wongwaiyut, P., S. Karapan, P. Saekong, C.M. Francis, A. Guillén-Servent, J. Senawi, F.A. Anwarali Khan, P.J.J. Bates, S. Jantarit, and P. Soisook. 2023. Solving the taxonomic identity of Hipposideros cineraceus senus lato (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5277(3): 401-442. Read article.
Hipposideros kunzi Murray, Khan, Kingston, Akbar & Campbell, 2018.
Acta Chiropterol. 20(1): 21.
Kunz's Bicolored Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros lamottei Brosset, 1985.
Mammalia 48: 548.
Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros lankadiva Kelaart, 1850.
J. Sri Lanka Branch Asiat. Soc. 2(2): 216.
Indian Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros larvatus (Horsfield, 1823).
Zool. Res. Java 6: Rhinolophus larvatus, pl. and 10 unno. pp.
Intermediate Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros lekaguli Thonglongya & Hill, 1974.
Mammalia 38 (2): 286, figs. 1,2.
Large Asian Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros lylei Thomas, 1913.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 12: 88.
Shield-faced Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros macrobullatus Tate, 1941.
Bull Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 78: 357.
Big-eared Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros madurae Kitchener & Maryanto, 1993.
Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 16: 132.
Maduran Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros maggietaylorae Smith & Hill, 1981.
Los Angeles Cty. Mus. Contrib. Sci. 331: 9.
Maggie Taylor's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros marisae Aellen, 1954.
Rev. Suisse Zool. 61: 474.
Aellen's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros megalotis (Heuglin, 1862).
Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol., Halle 29(8): 4, 8.
Large-eared Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros muscinus (Thomas & Doria, 1886).
Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 4: 201.
Fly River Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros nequam K. Andersen, 1918.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 9, 2: 381.
Malayan Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros nicobarulae Miller, 1902.
Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus. 24: 781.
Nicobar Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros obscurus (Peters, 1861).
Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1861: 709.
Philippine Forest Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros orbiculus Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999.
Senkenbergiana Biol. 79: 259.
Orbiculus Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros papua (Thomas & Doria, 1886).
Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 4: 204.
Biak Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros pelingensis Shamel, 1940.
J. Mammal. 21: 353.
Peleng Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros pendleburyi Chasen, 1936.
Bull. Raffles Mus. 12: 133.
Pendlebury's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros pomona K. Andersen, 1918.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 9, 2: 380, 381.
Pomona Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros poutensis J.A. Allen, 1906.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 22(1906): 483.
Allen's Roundleaf Bat
China, Hainan, Pouten
NE Myanmar, S China, N Vietnam, possibly Thailand
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (raised from synonymy).
larvatus species group. Previously included in larvatus, but apparently distinct; see Abramov and Kruskop (2012), Kruskop (2015), and Yuzefovich et al. (2022).
References:
Abramov, A.V., and S.V. Kruskop. 2012. The mammal fauna of Cat Ba Island. Russian Journal of Theriology 11(1): 57-72 . Read article.
Allen, J.A. 1906. Mammals from the Island of Hainan, China. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 22(28): 463-490. Read article.
Kruskop, S.V. 2015. Dull and bright: cryptic diversity within the “Hipposideros larvatus” species group in Indochina (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae). Lynx, new series (Praha) 46: 29-42. Read article.
Yuzefovich, A.P., I.V. Artyushin, A.E. Skopin, N.T. Son, and S.V. Kruskop. 2022. Taxonomic diversity of the Hipposideros larvatus species complex (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in mainland Asia. Zootaxa 5200(1): 73-95. Read abstract.
Hipposideros pygmaeus (Waterhouse, 1843).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843: 67.
Philippine Pygmy Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros ridleyi Robinson & Kloss, 1911.
J. Fed. Malay St. Mus. 4: 241.
Ridley's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros rotalis Francis, Kock & Habersetzer, 1999.
Senkenbergiana Biol. 79: 266.
Laotian Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893).
Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Oekol. Geogr. Tiere 7: 586.
Noack's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros scutinares Robinson, Jenkins, Francis & Fulford, 2003.
Acta Chiropterol. 5: 33.
Shield-nosed Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros semoni Matschie, 1903.
Denks. Med. Nat. Ges. Jena (Semon Zool. Forsch. Austr.) 8: 774 (Heft 6:132).
Semon's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros sorenseni Kitchener & Maryanto, 1993.
Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 16: 142.
Sorensen's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros speoris (Schneider, 1800).
In Schreber, Die Säugethiere pl. 59b.
Schneider's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros srilankaensis Kusuminda, B. Srinivasulu, Amarasinghe, A. Srinivasulu, C. Srinivasulu, & Yapa, 2025.
Zootaxa 5590(4): 520.
Sri Lankan Roundleaf Bat
Sri Lanka, Uva Province, Badulla district, Makulella (Bandarawela)
Sri Lanka
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Not Evaluated (new species).
References:
Srinivasulu, B., T. Kusuminda, A. Srinivasulu, K.D.B. Ukuwela, C. Amarasinghe, S. Siriwardana, H. Kaur, A. Mannakkara, P. Soisook, M. Kamalakannan, W.B. Yapa, and C. Srinivasulu. 2025. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4): 507-530. Read abstract.
Hipposideros stenotis Thomas, 1913.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 12: 206.
Narrow-eared Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros sumbae Oei, 1960.
Hemera Zoa 67: 28.
Sumban Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros swinhoii (Peters in R. Swinhoe, 1871).
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1870:616.
Swinhoe's Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros tephrus Cabrera, 1906.
Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 6: 358.
Ash Gray Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros turpis Bangs, 1901.
Am. Nat. 35: 561.
Lesser Roundleaf Bat
Hipposideros wollastoni Thomas, 1913.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 12: 205.
Wollaston's Roundleaf Bat
bicolor species group. This is the H. cineraceus-B of Kingston et al. (2006) and Murray et al. (2012, 2018).