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)

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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 Adelaide
Little red flying fox, Pteropus scapulatus - wide distribution in northern and eastern Australia; also known from New Guinea

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 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

List of bats of Australia facts for kids

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