Recent surveys of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from China. I. Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae Author Zhang, Libiao Guangdong Entomological Institute, 105 Xingang Xilu, Haizhu, Guangzhou, 510260 China Author Jones, Gareth School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS 8 1 UG, United Kingdom Author Zhang, Jinshuo Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 - 5 Beichen Xilu, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China Author Zhu, Guangjian Guangdong Entomological Institute, 105 Xingang Xilu, Haizhu, Guangzhou, 510260 China Author Parsons, Stuart School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland, 92019 New Zealand text Acta Chiropterologica 2009 2009-06-01 11 1 71 88 journal article 21487 10.3161/150811009X465703 bb6f5628-d3ac-4a12-b3b1-24ab27e112f5 1733-5329 3944511 Hipposideros armiger (Hodgson, 1835) Great leaf-nosed bat FA — 86.0– 96.8 mm , mass — 41.0–63.0 g. A common species in China , captured in Anhui , Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hainan , Henan , Sichuan , and Yunnan . Call frequencies vary with FMAXE values from 65.1–72.7 kHz recorded. Hipposideros armiger in the most southern area, Hainan , calls at the highest frequencies, 72.0–72.7 kHz (FA — 90.2–92.0 mm). FMAXE was 68 kHz in Guangdong , 68.0–68.8 kHz Guangxi , 64.8 kHz at three sites in Yunnan , 67.4–69.4 kHz in Sichuan . Gould (1979) reported that the call frequency of H. armiger is 66 kHz (FA — 91 mm ) in Malaysia . Previous records from China : Anhui , Fujian , Guangdong , Guangxi , Guizhou , Hainan , Hunan , Jiangsu , Jiangxi , Shaanxi , Sichuan , Yunnan , and Zhejiang ( Zhang, 1997 ; Wang, 2003 ). Ecological Notes A common and widespread bat in southern China . Once observed feeding around streetlights. Typically found in caves, including some of the largest aggregations of bats noted. Young were already flying by mid-July in Sichuan .