Biak roundleaf bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Biak roundleaf bat Hipposideros papua Least concern

Where the Biak roundleaf bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 11 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Hipposideros papua
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Hipposideridae

Where does the Biak roundleaf bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Biak roundleaf bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Biak roundleaf bat endangered?

The Biak roundleaf bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Biak roundleaf bat?

The Biak roundleaf bat (Hipposideros papua) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Hipposideridae, genus Hipposideros. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Biak roundleaf bat

The Biak roundleaf bat or Geelvinck Bay leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros papua) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is endemic to the Biak Islands (Schouten Islands) and Cenderawasih Bay (Geelvinck Bay) area of Papua Province, located in Western New Guinea, Indonesia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Biak roundleaf bat (revision 1314248337), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769286 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).