Lower classificationsHipposideros, Triaenops, Trident bat, Stoliczka's trident bat, Thailand roundleaf bat
Hipposideridae top 7 facts
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. Nevertheless, it is most closely related to Rhinolophidae within the suborder Pteropodiformes (or Yinpterochiroptera).
The Hipposideridae contain 10 living genera and more than 70 species, mostly in the widespread genus Hipposideros. In addition, several fossil genera are known; the oldest fossils attributed to the family are from the middle Eocene of Europe. In their 1997 Classification of Mammals, Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell proposed a division of Hipposideridae (called Rhinonycterinae in their work) into three tribes, one with two subtribes, but these tribes turned out to be non-monophyletic and have been abandoned. A different classification was proposed by Hand and Kirsch in 2003. More recently, Petr Benda and Peter Vallo (2009) proposed a separate tribe, Triaenopini, for the genera Triaenops, Paratriaenops, and possibly Cloeotis.
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Genera
The genera included in Hipposideridae are (species counts only include living species):
Archerops (Miocene of Australia)
Anthops (one species; Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island)
Asellia (two species; Africa and southwestern Asia; Miocene fossils from Europe)
Aselliscus (three species; southeastern Asia and Melanesia)
Brachipposideros (Oligocene to Miocene of Europe and Miocene of Australia; sometimes included in Hipposideros)
Brevipalatus (Miocene of Australia)
Cloeotis (one species; Africa)
Coelops (at least two species; southeastern Asia; Miocene fossils from Africa)
Hipposideros (more than sixty species; Africa, southern Eurasia, and Australasia; oldest fossils from the Eocene of Europe; includes Pseudorhinolophus, sometimes considered a separate genus)
Miophyllorhina (Miocene of Australia)
Palaeophyllophora (Eocene to Miocene of Europe)
Paracoelops (one species; Vietnam)
Paraphyllophora (Eocene or Oligocene to Miocene of Europe)
Paratriaenops (previously included in Triaenops; three species; Madagascar and Seychelles)
Rhinonicteris (one species; Australia; earliest fossils from the Miocene)
Riversleighia (Miocene of Australia)
Triaenops (four species; Africa and southwestern Asia)
Vaylatsia (Oligocene of Europe)
Xenorhinos (Miocene of Australia)
List of species
Family Hipposideridae — Old World leaf-nosed bats
Genus Anthops
Flower-faced bat, Anthops ornatus
Genus Asellia — trident leaf-nosed bats
Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat, Asellia patrizii
Trident bat, Asellia tridens
Genus Aselliscus — Tate's trident-nosed bats
Stoliczka's trident bat, Aselliscus stoliczkanus
Temminck's trident bat, Aselliscus tricuspidatus
Genus Cloeotis
Percival's trident bat, Cloeotis percivali
Genus Coelops — tailless leaf-nosed bats
East Asian tailless leaf-nosed bat, Coelops frithii
Philippine tailless leaf-nosed bat, Coelops hirsutus
Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat, Coelops robinsoni
Genus Hipposideros — roundleaf bats
Aba roundleaf bat, Hipposideros abae
Great roundleaf bat, Hipposideros armiger
Dusky roundleaf bat, Hipposideros ater
Benito roundleaf bat, Hipposideros beatus
Boeadi’s roundleaf bat, Hipposideros boeadii
Bicolored roundleaf bat, Hipposideros bicolor
Short-headed roundleaf bat, Hipposideros breviceps
Sundevall's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros caffer
Spurred roundleaf bat, Hipposideros calcaratus
Greater roundleaf bat, Hipposideros camerunensis
Fawn leaf-nosed bat or fawn roundleaf bat, Hipposideros cervinus
Ashy roundleaf bat, Hipposideros cineraceus
Commerson's leaf-nosed bat or Commerson's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros commersoni
Large Mindanao roundleaf bat, Hipposideros coronatus
Telefomin roundleaf bat, Hipposideros corynophyllus
Cox's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros coxi
Timor roundleaf bat, Hipposideros crumeniferus
Short-tailed roundleaf bat, Hipposideros curtus
Cyclops roundleaf bat, Hipposideros cyclops
Makira roundleaf bat, Hipposideros demissus
Diadem roundleaf bat, Hipposideros diadema
Fierce roundleaf bat, Hipposideros dinops
Borneo roundleaf bat, Hipposideros doriae
Khajuria's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros durgadasi
Dayak roundleaf bat, Hipposideros dyacorum
Hill's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros edwardshilli
Hipposideros fasensis
Sooty roundleaf bat, Hipposideros fuliginosus
Fulvus roundleaf bat, Hipposideros fulvus
Cantor's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros galeritus
Giant roundleaf bat, Hipposideros gigas
Grand roundleaf bat, Hipposideros grandis
Thailand roundleaf bat, Hipposideros halophyllus
Kolar leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros hypophyllus
Crested roundleaf bat, Hipposideros inexpectatus
Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros inornatus
Jones's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros jonesi
Phou Khao Khouay leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros khaokhouayensis
Khasian leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros khasiana
Lamotte's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros lamottei
Indian roundleaf bat, Hipposideros lankadiva
Intermediate roundleaf bat, Hipposideros larvatus
Large Asian roundleaf bat, Hipposideros lekaguli
Shield-faced roundleaf bat, Hipposideros lylei
Big-eared roundleaf bat, Hipposideros macrobullatus
Maduran leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros madurae
Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros maggietaylorae
Aellen's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros marisae
Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat, Hipposideros megalotis
Fly River roundleaf bat, Hipposideros muscinus
Malayan roundleaf bat, Hipposideros nequam
Philippine forest roundleaf bat, Hipposideros obscurus
Orbiculus leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros orbiculus
Biak roundleaf bat, Hipposideros papua
Hipposideros parnabyi
Peleng leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros pelingensis
Pomona roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pomona
Pratt's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pratti
Philippine pygmy roundleaf bat, Hipposideros pygmaeus
Ridley's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros ridleyi
Laotian leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros rotalis
Noack's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros ruber
Hipposideros scutinares
Semon's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros semoni
Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros sorenseni
Schneider's leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros speoris
Northern leaf-nosed bat or narrow-eared roundleaf bat, Hipposideros stenotis
Sumba roundleaf bat or Sumban leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros sumbae
Hipposideros tephrus
Saõ Tomé leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros thomensis
Lesser great leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros turpis
Striped leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros vittatus
Wollaston's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros wollastoni
Genus Paracoelops
Vietnam leaf-nosed bat, Paracoelops megalotis
Genus Paratriaenops
Grandidier's trident bat, Paratriaenops auritus
Trouessart's trident bat, Paratriaenops furculus
Paulian's triple leaf-nosed bat, Paratriaenops pauliani
Genus Rhinonicteris
Orange leaf-nosed bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia
Genus Triaenops — triple leaf-nosed bats
Triaenops afer
Triaenops menamena
Triaenops parvus
Rufous trident bat or Persian trident bat, Triaenops persicus (also known as Triaenops rufus)
