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Large Asian Roundleaf Bat

Hipposideros lekaguli

Order
Chiroptera
Family
Hipposideridae
Genus
Hipposideros
IUCN status
NT
Distribution
Thailand|Malaysia|Philippines
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Large Asian Leaf-nosed Bat

About this species

Size
Forearm 66.5–79.3mm
Habitat
Recorded at 50–400m
Range
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines

The large Asian roundleaf bat has a forearm of 66.5–79.3 mm, broad, large, triangular ears and a complexly foliated nose-leaf with intermediate, anterior and posterior leaflets. The specific name commemorates the Thai zoologist and conservationist Boonsong Lekagul (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was first documented in Thailand in 1972, in the Philippines in 1992, and is also found in Peninsular Malaysia, at elevations of 50–400 m (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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