The Benito roundleaf bat (Hipposideros beatus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Togo.

[1] The Benito roundleaf bat was described as a new species in 1906 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen.

The holotype was collected 15 mi (24 km) from the Benito River by American naturalist George Latimer Bates.

Its range includes: Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Togo.

[1] As of 2017, the Benito roundleaf bat is classified as a least-concern species by the IUCN.