List of bats of Australia

List

[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