What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat been recorded?

Hipposideros diadema occurrence evidence comes from 949 records in 9 countries and territories, from 1857 to 2025. Most records come from Philippines.

MammaliaChiropteraHipposideridaeHipposideros

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

949 records across 9 countries and territories, 1857–2025.

Hipposideros diadema · GBIF taxon key 5218566

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

JFMAMJJASOND

Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18572025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Philippines 411
Papua New Guinea 321
Malaysia 95
Laos 42
Australia 32
Solomon Islands 32
Indonesia 13
ZZ 2
Thailand 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.