Hipposideridae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 227 258 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3739808 b7e93c79-44a6-4d9c-8b78-dcb62033fb0d 978-84-16728-19-0 3739808 Family HIPPOSIDERIDAE (OLD WORLD LEAF-NOSED BATS) • Small to large-sized insectivorous bats with soft fine pelage; small eyes; and distinctive, large, but simple noseleaves on top of muzzles. • 7-16 cm. • Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indo-Malayan, and Australasian Regions . • Deserts, arid grasslands, savannas, tropical forests, from sea level to mid-elevations on mountains. • 7 genera, 88 species, 129 taxa. • 2 species Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 13 Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.