List of bats of Australia explained

This is the list of bats of Australia,^[1] ^[2] ^[3] a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. About 75 bat species are known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe and Christmas Island.^[4] This list principally follows the authoritative reference, Churchill (2008)^[3]

List

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Pteropodidae

Bare-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia magna - Far North Queensland; the species range also includes New Guinea
Northern blossom bat, Macroglossus minimus - northern Australia and South-east Asia
Common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis - coastal eastern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
Northern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene cephalotes - Moa Island in Torres Strait; New Guinea and Indonesia
Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni - endemic to Australia, found on east coast
Black flying fox, Pteropus alecto - northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
Spectacled flying fox, Pteropus conspicillatus - coastal Queensland; New Guinea and Indonesia
Large-eared flying fox, Pteropus macrotis - Boigu Island in the Torres Strait and New Guinea
Black-eared flying fox, Pteropus natalis - Christmas Island; the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Nias and Enggano Islands off Indonesia
Grey-headed flying fox, Pteropus poliocephalus - endemic species found on the east coast from Rockhampton to Adelaide
Little red flying fox, Pteropus scapulatus - wide distribution in northern and eastern Australia; also known from New Guinea

Ghost bat, Macroderma gigas - endemic; found across northern Australia

Rhinolophidae

Eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus - east coast and New Guinea
Large-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus robertsi - northeast Queensland.

Hipposideridae

Dusky leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros ater - Northern Australia; South East Asia to India
Fawn leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros cervinus - far north Queensland; South East Asia
Diadem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros diadema - northern Queensland and South East Asia
Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros inornatus - Top End of the Northern Territory
Semon's leaf-nosed bat, Doryrhina semoni - North Queensland and New Guinea
Northern leaf-nosed bat, Doryrhina stenotis - endemic; the Kimberleys, the Top End and north-western Queensland

Rhinonycteridae

Orange leaf-nosed bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia - from the Pilbara to north-western Queensland

Emballonuridae

Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris - endemic species with a wide distribution in mainland Australia
Papuan sheath-tailed bat, Saccolaimus mixtus - Cape York Peninsula and in New Guinea
Bare-rumped sheath-tailed bat, Saccolaimus saccolaimus - Northern Australia; South East Asia to India
Coastal sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous australis - East coast of Queensland and the Torres Stait; recorded a few times in New Guinea
Common sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous georgianus - endemic: north-western Australia
Hill's sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous hilli - endemic; central inland Australia
Arnhem sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous kapalgensis - endemic; Top End of the Northern Territory
Troughton's sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous troughtoni - endemic; central and north-eastern Queensland

Molossidae

Great Northern free-tailed bat, Chaerephon jobensis - northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
East-coast free-tailed bat, Micronomus norfolkensis - endemic; east coast from Brisbane to Bega
Northern free-tailed bat, Ozimops lumsdenae - endemic, widespread across northern Australia
Western little free-tailed bat, Ozimops cobourgianus - endemic, northwest coast
Eastern little free-tailed bat, Ozimops ridei - eastern Australia
Cape York free-tailed bat, Ozimops halli - endemic, Cape York and northern Gulf
Inland free-tailed bat, Ozimops petersi - endemic, arid inland
South-western free-tailed bat, Ozimops kitcheneri - endemic, south-western Australia
Southern free-tailed bat, Ozimops planiceps - endemic, south-eastern Australia
Bristle-faced free-tailed bat, Setirostris eleryi - endemic, central Australia
White-striped free-tailed bat, Austronomus australis - endemic; mainland Australia.

Miniopteridae

Little bent-wing bat, Miniopterus australis - east coast; New Guinea and Indonesia
Common bent-wing bat, Miniopterus orianae - northern and eastern Australia
- Eastern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus orianae oceanensis - eastern Australia
- Southern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus orianae bassanii - southeast South Australia and western Victoria
- Northern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus orianae orianae - northwest Australia

Vespertilionidae

Large-eared pied bat, Chalinolobus dwyeri - endemic; western side of the Great Dividing Range from south-western Queensland to southern New South Wales.
Gould's wattled bat, Chalinolobus gouldii - throughout Australia; Tasmania and Norfolk Island
Chocolate wattled bat, Chalinolobus morio - endemic; southern and central Australia and Tasmania
Hoary wattled bat, Chalinolobus nigrogriseus - northern Australia and New Guinea
Little pied bat, Chalinolobus picatus - endemic; inland Queensland and New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range
Western false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei - endemic; south-western Australia
Eastern false pipistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis - endemic; south-western Queensland, New South Wales
Flute-nosed bat, Murina florium - Far North Queensland; New Guinea and eastern Indonesia
Large-footed myotis, Myotis macropus - coastal eastern and northern Australia
Arnhem long-eared bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis - endemic; the Top End
Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax - endemic, north-eastern Australia.
Lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi - endemic; throughout Australia and Tasmania, absent from the east coast of Queensland.
Gould's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus gouldi - endemic; eastern Australia
Lord Howe long-eared bat, Nyctophilus howensis - endemic to Lord Howe Island; probably extinct
Tasmanian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus sherrini - endemic; Tasmania.
Northern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus daedalus - endemic; eastern Queensland to Western Australia.
Western long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major - endemic; south-western Australia
- Western long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major major - endemic; far south-western Australia
- Central long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major tor - endemic; south-western Australia
South-eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus corbeni - endemic; southern eastern Australia
Pygmy long-eared bat, Nyctophilus walkeri - endemic; the Top End
Holt's long-eared bat, Nyctophilus holtorum - endemic; far south western Australia
Golden-tipped bat, Phoniscus papuensis - east coast of Australia; New Guinea
Forest pipistrelle, Pipistrellus adamsi - Cape York and the Top End
Christmas Island pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi - endemic to Christmas Island (?)
Northern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis - coastal Northern Australia
Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii - endemic; coastal Queensland and New South Wales
Inland broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens balstoni - endemic; arid and semi-arid areas
Little broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens greyii - endemic; northern and inland Australia
Eastern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens orion - endemic; coastal eastern Australia from Brisbane to Melbourne
Northern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens sanborni - northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
Inland forest bat, Vespadelus baverstocki - endemic; found across arid Australia
Northern cave bat, Vespadelus caurinus - northern Australia
Large forest bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni - endemic; south-eastern coast and Tasmania
Yellow-lipped bat, Vespadelus douglasorum - endemic; west Kimberley region
Finlayson's cave bat, Vespadelus finlaysoni - endemic; wide distribution across arid and semi-arid Australia
Eastern forest bat, Vespadelus pumilus - endemic; scattered distribution on east coast, Lord Howe Island.
Southern forest bat, Vespadelus regulus - endemic; southern mainland and Tasmania
Eastern cave bat, Vespadelus troughtoni - endemic; eastern Australia
Little forest bat, Vespadelus vulturnus - endemic; south east and Tasmania

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Notes and References

Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane
Churchill, S. (1998) Australian bats, New Holland, Sydney
Churchill, S. (2008) Australian bats, Allen & Unwin, Sydney
Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne