Fawn leaf-nosed bat

The fawn leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros cervinus, also called the fawn roundleaf bat or Gould's leaf-nosed bat, was first described by John Gould in 1854 from Cape York and Albany Island in northeastern Australia. It is medium-sized with a forearm of 45 to 48 millimetres and an average mass of 7 grams. Its pelage varies from grey to russet and often bleaches bright orange from the ammonia of droppings in communal roosts. It ranges from the Malay Peninsula through Indonesia and New Guinea to the Torres Strait, from sea level to 1,400 metres. It roosts in caves and abandoned mines and forages from rainforest to savanna woodland for beetles and moths. The IUCN rated it Least Concern in 2021 while noting the population trend is unknown, and it is listed as vulnerable in Queensland.