This is the list of bats of Australia,Churchill, S. (2008) ''Australian bats'', Allen & Unwin, Sydney a sub-list of the

list of mammals of Australia A total of 379 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 357 indigenous and 22 introduced. The list includes 2 monotremes, 154 marsupials, 76 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 2 terrest ...

. About 75 bat species are known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe and Christmas Island.Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) ''A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia'', Oxford University Press, Melbourne This list principally follows the authoritative reference, Churchill (2008)

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Black flying fox

Pteropodidae

* Bare-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia magna'' -

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...

; the species range also includes New Guinea * Northern blossom bat, ''Macroglossus minimus'' - northern Australia and South-east Asia *

Common blossom bat The common blossom bat (''Syconycteris australis'') also known as the southern blossom bat or Queensland blossom bat, is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae. The common blossom bat feeds mostly on nectar and pollen rather than fruit. It is one ...

, ''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 The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (''Nyctimene robinsoni'') is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. ''N. robinsoni'' is one of the few species of megabat that roosts solitarily. They get their common ...

, ''Nyctimene robinsoni'' - endemic to Australia, found on east coast *

Black flying fox The black flying fox or black fruit bat (''Pteropus alecto'') is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, ''Pteropus''. The 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 Boigu Island (also known as Malu Kiyay or Malu Kiwai) is the most northerly inhabited island of Queensland and of Australia. It is part of the Top Western group of the Torres Strait Islands, which lie in the Torres Strait separating Cape York Pe ...

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

Megadermatidae Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have lar ...

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

Rhinolophidae

Eastern horseshoe bat The smaller horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus megaphyllus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy A species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1834, using a specimen provi ...

, ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus'' - east coast and New Guinea *

Large-eared horseshoe bat The large-eared horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus philippinensis'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, link ...

, ''Rhinolophus robertsi'' - northeast Queensland.

Hipposideridae The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 20 ...

Dusky leaf-nosed bat The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' species ...

, ''Hipposideros ater'' - Northern Australia; South East Asia to India *

Fawn leaf-nosed bat The fawn leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros cervinus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vanuatu. Taxonomy The species was first described by John Gould in his Mammals of ...

, ''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 Semon's leaf-nosed bat or Semon's roundleaf bat (''Hipposideros semoni'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae.Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) ''The Mammals of Australia'', Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Bri ...

, ''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 The orange leaf-nosed bat (''Rhinonicteris aurantia'') is a bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is the only living species in the genus '' Rhinonicteris'' which is endemic to Australia, occurring in the far north and north-west of the continent ...

, ''Rhinonicteris aurantia'' - from the Pilbara to north-western Queensland

Emballonuridae

Yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat The yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat (''Saccolaimus flaviventris''), also known as the yellow-bellied sheathtail or yellow-bellied pouched bat, is a microbat species of the family Emballonuridae found extensively in Australia and less commonly in ...

, ''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 The coastal sheath-tailed batVan Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) ''The Mammals of Australia'', Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane (''Taphozous australis''), or coastal tomb bat, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in t ...

, ''Taphozous australis'' - East coast of Queensland and the Torres Stait; recorded a few times in New Guinea *

Common sheath-tailed bat The common sheathtail bat (''Taphozous georgianus''), is a bat in the family Emballonuridae, occurring in northern Australia. Taxonomy A description of the species was first published in 1915 by Oldfield Thomas, his notes on two bat genera res ...

, ''Taphozous georgianus'' - endemic: north-western Australia *

Hill's sheath-tailed bat Hill's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous hilli'') is a bat of the family Emballonuridae. They are found in the deserts of central Australia. Taxonomy The description of the species was published by Darrell Kitchener in 1980, reclassifying bats th ...

, ''Taphozous hilli'' - endemic; central inland Australia *

Arnhem sheath-tailed bat The Arnhem sheath-tailed bat, species (''Taphozous kapalgensis'') is an emballonurid bat found at the Top End of Australia. The species is also referred to as the white-striped sheathtail for the distinguishing marks at the flank, a feature obse ...

, ''Taphozous kapalgensis'' - endemic; Top End of the Northern Territory *

Troughton's sheath-tailed bat Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (''Taphozous troughtoni'') is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country co ...

, ''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'' is a species of molossid bat, a family of flying mammals. The bat is endemic to Australia, where it occurs from southeastern Queensland to eastern New South Wales. They are the sole species of genus ''Micronomus'' and ...

, ''Micronomus norfolkensis'' - endemic; east coast from Brisbane to Bega *

Northern free-tailed bat The northern free-tailed bat (''Mops johorensis'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1873 by Irish zoologist George Edward Dobson. D ...

, ''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 The white-striped free-tailed bat (''Austronomus australis'') is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. Its echolocation calls are audible to humans, which is a characteristic found in only a few microbat species. The species was formerly c ...

, ''Austronomus australis'' - endemic; mainland Australia.

Miniopteridae

Little bent-wing bat The little bent-wing bat or little long-fingered bat (''Miniopterus australis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Miniopteridae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Taxonomy The species was first descri ...

, ''Miniopterus australis'' - east coast; New Guinea and Indonesia *

Common bent-wing bat The common bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus schreibersii''), also known as the Schreibers's long-fingered bat or Schreibers's bat, is a species of insectivorous bat. They appear to have dispersed from a subtropical origin and distributed throughout ...

, ''Miniopterus orianae'' - northern and eastern Australia ** Eastern bent-wing bat, ''Miniopterus orianae oceanensis'' - eastern Australia **

Southern bent-wing bat The southern bent-wing bat (''Miniopterus orianae bassanii'') is one of two subspecies of the Australasian bent-wing bat. Its population size has declined rapidly since the 1950s, and it is classified as critically endangered by the Australian g ...

, ''Miniopterus orianae bassanii'' - southeast South Australia and western Victoria ** Northern bent-wing bat, ''Miniopterus orianae orianae'' - northwest Australia

Vespertilionidae

Large-eared pied bat The large-eared pied bat (''Chalinolobus dwyeri'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Australia. See also *Threatened fauna of Australia *List of bats of Australia This is the list of bats of Austral ...

, ''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 The chocolate wattled bat, species ''Chalinolobus morio'', is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Australia, including the island Tasmania, and widespread in southern regions. It is known to reside from sea level to at least ...

, ''Chalinolobus morio'' - endemic; southern and central Australia and Tasmania *

Hoary wattled bat The hoary wattled bat (''Chalinolobus nigrogriseus'') is a species of vesper bat found in northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Two subspecies are currently recognised: * ''C. n. nigrogriseus'' (Gould, 1852) * ''C. n. rogersi'' (Thomas Thoma ...

, ''Chalinolobus nigrogriseus'' - northern Australia and New Guinea *

Little pied bat The little pied bat (''Chalinolobus picatus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in semi-arid woodlands in eastern Australia. Description The little pied bat is the smallest bat of the genus. The coat ...

, ''Chalinolobus picatus'' - endemic; inland Queensland and New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range *

Western false pipistrelle The western false pipistrelle, species ''Falsistrellus mackenziei'', is a vespertilionid bat that occurs in Southwest Australia. The population is declining due to loss of its habitat, old growth in tall eucalypt forest which has largely been cle ...

, ''Falsistrellus mackenziei'' - endemic; south-western Australia *

Eastern false pipistrelle The eastern false pipistrelle (''Falsistrellus tasmaniensis'') is a vesper bat that occurs in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including the island of Tasmania. Taxonomy A species of genus ''Falsistrellus'', allied to the family Vespertili ...

, ''Falsistrellus tasmaniensis'' - endemic; south-western Queensland, New South Wales *

Flute-nosed bat The flute-nosed bat (''Murina florium'') is a vespertilionid bat with an unusually shaped nose, the tubular nostrils facing outward from the end of the muzzle. They occur in the north of the Australian state of Queensland, in Indonesia, and on Pa ...

, ''Murina florium'' - Far North Queensland; New Guinea and eastern Indonesia *

Large-footed myotis The southern myotis (''Myotis macropus''), also known as large-footed myotis, is a species of vesper bat (Vespertilionidae) in genus ''Myotis''. The southern myotis is one of only two Australian "fishing" bats and feeds by trawling its speciall ...

, ''Myotis macropus'' - coastal eastern and northern Australia *

Arnhem long-eared bat ''Nyctophilus arnhemensis'', known as the northern or Arnhem long-eared bat, is a species of Chiroptera (bats) native to northern regions of Australia. The distribution range is from north-western Queensland to northern Western Australia. Tax ...

, ''Nyctophilus arnhemensis'' - endemic; the Top End * Eastern long-eared bat, ''Nyctophilus bifax'' - endemic, north-eastern Australia. *

Lesser long-eared bat ''Nyctophilus geoffroyi'' is a vespertilionid bat, a flying nocturnal mammal found in Australia, The species is relatively common. They have been referred to as the lesser long-eared bat. Taxonomy It is the type species of genus ''Nyctophilus''. ...

, ''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 The Lord Howe long-eared bat (''Nyctophilus howensis'') was a vespertilionid bat known only by a single specimen, a skull found on Lord Howe Island in 1972. A mammalian insectivorous species resembling the long-eared ''Nyctophilus'', with an elo ...

, ''Nyctophilus howensis'' - endemic to Lord Howe Island; probably

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

Tasmanian long-eared bat The Tasmanian long-eared bat (''Nyctophilus sherrini'') is a species of vesper bat endemic to Tasmania. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new species in 1915 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The holotype was collected by Ronald ...

, ''Nyctophilus sherrini'' - endemic; Tasmania. * Northern long-eared bat, ''Nyctophilus daedalus'' - endemic; eastern Queensland to Western Australia. *

Western long-eared bat Western long-eared bat may refer to the following bat species: * '' Myotis evotis'', also known as long-eared myotis, found in North America * ''Nyctophilus major ''Nyctophilus major'', referred to as a western long-eared bat, is a species found ...

, ''Nyctophilus major'' - endemic; south-western Australia **

, ''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 Holt's long-eared bat (''Nyctophilus holtorum'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is only found in the southwestern corner of Western Australia. It was formerly confused with Gould's long-e ...

, ''Nyctophilus holtorum'' - endemic; far south western Australia *

Golden-tipped bat The golden-tipped bat (''Kerivoula papuensis'') is a species of Microchiropteran in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and in Australia, especially scattered along the eastern part of Australia. The species is considered ...

, ''Phoniscus papuensis'' - east coast of Australia; New Guinea *

Forest pipistrelle The forest pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus adamsi'') is a species of vesper bat found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (conti ...

, ''Pipistrellus adamsi'' - Cape York and the Top End *

Christmas Island pipistrelle The Christmas Island pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus murrayi'') was a species of vesper bat found only on Christmas Island, Australia. The species is now extinct, with the last individual bat seen in August 2009 with no further sightings despite in ...

, ''Pipistrellus murrayi'' - endemic to Christmas Island (?) *

Northern pipistrelle The northern pipistrelle (''Pipistrellus westralis''), also known as Koopman's or the mangrove pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat found only in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, s ...

, ''Pipistrellus westralis'' - coastal Northern Australia *

Rüppell's broad-nosed bat Rüppell's or the greater broad-nosed bat (''Scoteanax rueppellii'') is a species of vespertilionid microbat found in eastern Australia. Taxonomy ''Scoteanax rueppellii'' was described as a new species in 1866 by German naturalist Wilhelm P ...

, ''Scoteanax rueppellii'' - endemic; coastal Queensland and New South Wales *

Western broad-nosed bat The western broad-nosed bat (''Platyrrhinus nitelinea'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions ...

, ''Scotorepens balstoni'' - endemic; arid and semi-arid areas *

Little broad-nosed bat The little broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens greyii'') (pronounced skoh’-toh-rep’-enz grey’-ee-ee’) translates to "Grey’s darkness creeper". Sometimes called Grey’s broad-nosed after the third governor of South Australia, Sir John Edward ...

, ''Scotorepens greyii'' - endemic; northern and inland Australia *

Eastern broad-nosed bat The eastern broad-nosed bat or Orion broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens orion'') is a species of vespertilionid bat. It is found only in Australia, east of the Great Dividing Range, from about Rockhampton to Melbourne, with a small isolated populatio ...

, ''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 The inland forest bat (''Vespadelus baverstocki'') is a vesper bat that occurs in central and arid regions in Australia. They were first described in 1987, published in a review of poorly surveyed microbat populations. A tiny flying mammal, whose ...

, ''Vespadelus baverstocki'' - endemic; found across arid Australia *

Northern cave bat The northern cave bat (''Vespadelus caurinus'') is a vesper bat that occurs throughout most of Australia. Description A species of ''Vespadelus'', smaller insectivorous microbats, which are tiny in size and often dwell in caves. The weight ran ...

, ''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 Finlayson's cave bat (''Vespadelus finlaysoni'') is a species of vesper bat found only in Australia. Taxonomy The description of ''Vespadelus finlaysoni'' was first published in 1987, separated as a new species in a revision of the genus '' E ...

, ''Vespadelus finlaysoni'' - endemic; wide distribution across arid and semi-arid Australia *

Eastern forest bat The eastern forest bat (''Vespadelus pumilus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country compri ...

, ''Vespadelus pumilus'' - endemic; scattered distribution on east coast, Lord Howe Island. *

Southern forest bat The southern forest bat (''Vespadelus regulus'') is a vesper bat found in Australia. Taxonomy A species of '' Vespadelus'', of the diverse and common micro-bats, bats assigned as either suborder Yangochiroptera or Microchiroptera. The descrip ...

, ''Vespadelus regulus'' - endemic; southern mainland and Tasmania *

Eastern cave bat The eastern cave bat or Troughton's forest bat (''Vespadelus troughtoni'') is a species of vesper bat Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, ...

, ''Vespadelus troughtoni'' - endemic; eastern Australia *

Little forest bat The little forest bat (''Vespadelus vulturnus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is a tiny bat often weighing less than (males in some areas weigh as ...

, ''Vespadelus vulturnus'' - endemic; south east and Tasmania

References

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External links

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Australian Bats at the Australian Museum

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