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| status = NT<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Csorba, G. |author2=Bumrungsri, S. |author3=Francis, C. |author4=Bates, P. |author5=Gumal, M. |author6=Kingston, T. |author7=Soisook, P. |date=2019 |title=''Hipposideros lekaguli'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T10144A22091565 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10144A22091565.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Hipposideros<br />
| species = lekaguli<br />
| authority = Thonglongya & [[John Edwards Hill|Hill]], 1974<br />
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| range_map = Large Asian Roundleaf Bat area.png<br />
| range_map_caption = Large Asian roundleaf bat range<br />
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The '''large Asian roundleaf bat''' ('''''Hipposideros lekaguli''''') is a species of [[bat]] in the family [[Hipposideridae]]. It is found in [[Malaysia]], the [[Philippines]], and [[Thailand]]. The [[species|specific]] name commemorates Thai zoologist and conservationist [[Boonsong Lekagul]].<br />
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==Taxonomy and etymology==<br />
It was [[species description|described]] as a new species in 1974 by Thonglongya and Hill. The [[holotype]] had been collected in the [[Kaeng Khoi District]] of [[Thailand]] in 1972 by [[Boonsong Lekagul]]. Lekagul is the [[eponym]] for the [[specific epithet (zoology)|species name]] "''lekaguli''."<ref name="Thonglongya 1974">{{cite journal|doi=10.1515/mamm.1974.38.2.285|title=A New Species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera) from Thailand|journal=Mammalia|volume=38|issue=2|year=1974|last1=Thonglongya|first1=K|last2=Hill|first2=J. E|s2cid=85145696}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
Its forearm length is {{cvt|66.5-79.3|mm|in}}. Its ears are broad, large, and triangular. Its [[nose-leaf]] is complexly [[Glossary_of_botanical_terms#foliate|foliated]] with intermediate, anterior, and posterior leaflets.<ref name="Balete 1995">{{cite journal|last1=Balete| first1= D. S.| last2= Heaney| first2= L. R.| last3= Crombie| first3= R. I.| year=1995| title= First records of Hipposideros lekaguli Thonglongya and Hill 1974 from the Philippines| journal= Asia Life Sciences| volume= 4| issue=1| pages= 89–94|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236604906}}</ref><br />
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==Range and habitat==<br />
It was first documented in Thailand in 1972.<ref name="Thonglongya 1974"/> In 1992, it was additionally documented in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="Balete 1995"/> It is also found in [[Peninsular Malaysia]]. It has been documented at a range of elevations from {{cvt|50-400|m|ft}}.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><br />
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==Conservation==<br />
The large Asian roundleaf bat is listed as a [[near-threatened species]] by the [[IUCN]] as of 2019. It is experiencing widespread [[habitat loss]].<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150925193541/http://www.arkive.org/large-asian-leaf-nosed-bat/hipposideros-lekaguli/image-G114931.html Images of this species]<br />
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{{Hipposideridae}}<br />
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[[Category:Hipposideros]]<br />
[[Category:Mammals described in 1974]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edwards Hill]]<br />
[[Category:Bats of Southeast Asia]]<br />
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