Large Asian Roundleaf Bat - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Large Asian Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros lekaguli) is a species of bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Malaysia, the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, and Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. The specific

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

name commemorates Thai zoologist and conservationist Dr Boonsong Lekagul

Boonsong Lekagul

Dr Boonsong Lekagul was a Thai medical doctor, biologist, ornithologist and conservationist.He was born at Songkhla in southern Thailand and received a medical degree from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in 1933. In 1935 he established Thailand’s first polyclinic in Bangkok...

Source

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Hipposideros lekaguli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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