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title: "Great Roundleaf Bat"
description: "Hipposideros armiger — Mammiferi. The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/great-roundleaf-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Roundleaf Bat

> Hipposideros armiger — Mammiferi. The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China.

- Scientific name: *Hipposideros armiger*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1236
- Wikidata: [Q307787](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307787)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40717](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40717)

## Names

- en: Great Roundleaf Bat
- de: Himalaja-Rundblattnase
- es: Murciélago Nariz de Hoja Grande del Himalaya
- fr: Phyllorhine de l'Himalaya
- nl: Himalayarondbladneus

## Countries with the most observations

TW (487), TH (248), HK (117), CN (68), MY (32), VN (19), NP (12), IN (8), KH (3)

## Summary

The great roundleaf bat, also known as the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros armiger) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China. It gives birth to two young a year. It has been assessed as a least concern species by the IUCN.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_roundleaf_bat

## Photo

![Great Roundleaf Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-roundleaf-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153911258

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-roundleaf-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).