Old World Leaf-Nosed Bats: Hipposideridae

Some of the species in this family are common and others are rare and vulnerable to threats. Since little is known about many species in this family, the vulnerability of these bats is not fully understood. Out of the species that the IUCN lists, two are classified as Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction, dying out, in the wild; fifteen as Vulnerable facing a high risk of extinction, and twenty-three as Near Threatened, not currently threatened, but could become so.