Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis), recorded as Endangered
Lesser great leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros turpis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lesser great leaf-nosed bat

Hipposideros turpis

Lesser great leaf-nosed bat is a bat in the family Hipposideridae (order Chiroptera) — Hipposideros turpis, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Hipposideros turpis
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Chiroptera · Hipposideridae · Hipposideros

The bat

This is a named wild mammal with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Human interference has caused rapid habitat destruction, this has caused the bat to become endangered.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Lesser great leaf-nosed bat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Lesser great leaf-nosed bat — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q306340. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Kolar leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros hypophyllus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Kolar leaf-nosed bat

Hipposideros hypophyllus
Photograph of Pomona roundleaf bat (Hipposideros pomona), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pomona roundleaf bat

Hipposideros pomona
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Lesser great leaf-nosed bat?
Lesser great leaf-nosed bat is a bat in the family Hipposideridae (order Chiroptera) — Hipposideros turpis.
What is the conservation status of Lesser great leaf-nosed bat?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hipposideros turpis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lesser great leaf-nosed bat live?
Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Why is Lesser great leaf-nosed bat in crisis?
Human interference has caused rapid habitat destruction, this has caused the bat to become endangered.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hipposideros turpis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lesser great leaf-nosed bat a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.