Family

Old World Leaf-nosed Bats

Hipposideridae

8 species in our catalog · found in 11 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderChiroptera (Bats)
FamilyHipposideridae (Old World Leaf-nosed Bats)

Species in this group

Doryrhina cyclops

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Hipposideros grandis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Hipposideros diadema

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Hipposideros gentilis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Hipposideros armiger

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Hipposideros speoris

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Hipposideros cervinus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Hipposideros caffer

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~20%

Mar

~20%

Apr

<5%

May

~20%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Old World Leaf-nosed Bats

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 56 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Taï National Park	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	1 of 8	~40%
	Cyclops roundleaf bat			~40%
2	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 8	~30%
	Grand Leaf-nosed Bat			~30%
3	Gunung Leuser National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 8	~30%
	Diadem Roundleaf Bat			~30%
4	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 8	~30%
	Exotic Leaf-nosed Bat			~30%
5	Danum Valley Conservation Area	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 8	~20%
	Diadem Roundleaf Bat			~20%
6	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 8	~20%
	Great Roundleaf Bat			~20%
7	Minneriya National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 8	~10%
	Schneider's roundleaf bat			~10%
8	Khao Sok National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 8	~10%
	Diadem Roundleaf Bat			~10%
9	Kinabalu Park	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1 of 8	~10%
	Fawn Roundleaf Bat			~10%
10	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 8	~10%
	Diadem Roundleaf Bat			~10%
11	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 8	<5%
	Sundevall's roundleaf bat			<5%