 "Hipposideros gentilis" has been recognized as a synonym of the Pomona roundleaf bat ("Hipposideros pomona").In 1963, British mammalogist John Edwards Hill included "H. atrox" as a subspecies of the bicolored roundleaf bat ("Hipposideros bicolor").However, in 2010 "H. atrox" was recognized as a distinct species for the first time, which was followed by the IUCN in 2019.