Hipposideridae
| Hipposideridae Temporal range: Eocene to present | |
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| Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Superfamily: | Rhinolophoidea |
| Family: | Hipposideridae Lydekker, 1891 |
| Type genus | |
| Hipposideros Gray, 1831 | |
| Genera | |
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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 Yinpterochiroptera.
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