List of bats of Australia facts for kids

This is the list of bats of Australia, 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. This list principally follows the authoritative reference, Churchill (2008)

List

Spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)

Black flying fox

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 western Victoria
• Little red flying fox, Pteropus scapulatus - wide distribution in northern and eastern Australia; also known from New Guinea
• Apollo bat, Pteropus presseri

Megadermatidae

• 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 philippinensis - northeast Queensland; New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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, Hipposideros semoni - North Queensland and New Guinea
• Northern leaf-nosed bat, Hipposideros stenotis - endemic; the Kimberleys, the Top End and north-western Queensland
• 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 tropical 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 species found across northern 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
• Northern free-tailed bat, Mormopterus lumsdenae - endemic, widespread across northern Australia;
• Western little free-tailed bat, Mormopterus cobourgianus - endemic, northwest coast
• Eastern little free-tailed bat, Mormopterus ridei - eastern Australia
• East-coast free-tailed bat, Mormopterus norfolkensis - endemic; east coast from Brisbane to Bega.
• Bristle-faced free-tailed bat, Mormopterus eleryi - endemic, central Australia
• Cape York free-tailed bat, Mormopterus halli - endemic, Cape York and northern Gulf
• Inland free-tailed bat, Mormopterus petersi - endemic, arid inland
• South-western free-tailed bat, Mormopterus kitcheneri - endemic, south-western Australia
• Southern free-tailed bat, Mormopterus planiceps - endemic, south-eastern Australia
• White-striped free-tailed bat, Tadarida australis - endemic; southern Australia except Tasmania.

Miniopteridae

• Little bent-wing bat, Miniopterus australis - east coast; New Guinea and Indonesia
• Common bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii - northern and eastern Australia; wide Pacific distribution
  • Eastern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis - eastern Australia
  • Southern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii - southeast South Australia and western Victoria, Australia
  • Northern bent-wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii 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 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 bat, Myotis adversus - coastal northern and eastern Australia
• Large-footed myotis, Myotis macropus - coastal eastern Australia
• Arnhem long-eared bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis - endemic; the Top End
• Eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus bifax - endemic, northern 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 gouldii - endemic; eastern and south-western 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
  • Central long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major tor- endemic; southern mainland Australia
• South-eastern long-eared bat, Nyctophilus corbeni- endemic; southern eastern Australia
• Pygmy long-eared bat, Nyctophilus walkeri - endemic; the Top End
• 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
• Western 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