Kingston's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros kingstonae, also called Kingston's leaf-nosed bat, is a roundleaf bat first described in 2023 and named for Tigga Kingston, founder and chair of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit, in honour of her work for bat conservation. It is securely known from far southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah in northern Borneo, from five main sites including Hala Forest, the Phru To Daeng peat swamp forest, Krau Wildlife Reserve, Madai Caves and Gunung Kinabalu, and has been seen in lowland rainforest up to 1,800 metres. The forearm is 35.3 to 42.6 millimetres, and its echolocation peaks between 132 and 144 kilohertz. Its true roosts are unknown, and the Mammal Diversity Database lists it as a living species with no IUCN evaluation.
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Child Taxon Of: Hipposideridae, Lead, family
is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead, everyday group
is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae
In Biome: Freshwater Swamp Forest, Article text, habitat
The species is only found in five main locations across Southeastern Asia; two forests in Thailand, Hala Forest in Yala Province, and Phru To Daeng Swamp Forest in Narathiwat Province, one from Malaysia at Krau Wildlife Reserve in Pahang, and two in Sabah, Borneo at Madai Caves and Gunung Kinabalu.
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Article text, habitat
It is possible that H. kingstonae was mistakenly documented as the H. cineraceus; if so, the bat has been seen in lowland rainforests, furthermore, its highest recorded elevation has been 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above sea level.
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