Hipposideros gentilis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Hipposideros gentilis, commonly known as Andersen's leaf-nosed bat or Andersen's roundleaf bat, is a species of roundleaf bat found in Asia. Hipposideros gentilis was described as a new species in 1918 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. The holotype had been collected by Edward Yerbury Watson near Thayet, Myanmar. Submitted by his colleague Oldfield Thomas, it was Andersen's final credited publication due to his mysterious disappearance that same year. Andersen additionally described three subspecies as well as the nominate (H. gentilis gentilis):
H. gentilis sinensis H. gentilis atrox H. gentilis major In 1963, British mammalogist John Edwards Hill published that he considered all the subspecies of H. gentilis as subspecies of the bicolored roundleaf bat (H. bicolor).
Hipposideros atrox is now considered a full species by some authorities. Hipposideros gentilis has... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Cuc Phuong National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 6 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May–June, August and November, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Cuc Phuong National Park, in our data
Cuc Phuong National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat is recorded against all the mammals logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
