See text Hipposideros is one of the most diverse genera of bats, with more than 70 species.

They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament.

Some species that were previously placed in Hipposideros are now placed in the related genera Doryrhina and Macronycteris.

The species Hipposideros bernardsigei Hand, 1997 describes one of many species of bats discovered in the north of Australia, the Riversleigh fauna, and appears to be a member of an Australopapuan group in an early radiation of the genus.

The first hipposiderid to be described from Pliocene deposits at Riversleigh was Hipposideros winsburyorum Hand, 1999.