List of Australian bats

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This is a list of Australian bats. There are 75 bat species known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe and Christmas Island.

Contents 1 Order Chiroptera 1.1 Family Pteropodidae 1.2 Family Megadermatidae 1.3 Family Rhinolophidae 1.4 Family Emballonuridae 1.5 Family Molossidae 1.6 Family Vespertilionidae 2 References

[edit] Order Chiroptera

[edit] Family Pteropodidae

• Dobsonia moluccense magna Thomas, 1905, Bare-backed Fruit-bat. Found in far north Queensland, the species range also includes New Guinea.
• Macroglossus minimus (Geoffroy 1810), Northern Blossom-bat. Found in northern Australia and south east Asia.
• Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867), Common Blossom-bat. Found in coastal eastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Nyctimene cephalotes (Pallas, 1767), Torresian Tubenosed Bat. Moa Island in the Torres Strait, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas 1904, Eastern Tubenosed Bat. Endemic to Australia, found on the east coast.
• Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837, Black Flying-fox. Found in Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1849, Spectacled Flying-fox. Coastal Queensland, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Pteropus macrotis Peters, 1867, Large-eared Flying-fox. Boigu Island in the Torres Strait and New Guinea.
• Pteropus sp (undescribed), Torresian Flying-fox. Only known from Moa Island in the Torres Strait.
• Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863, Christmas Island Flying Fox. Found on Christmas Island, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Nias and Enggano Islands off Indonesia.
• Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825, Grey-headed Flying-fox. Endemic species found on the east coast from Rockhampton to western Victoria.
• Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862, Little Red Flying-fox. Wide distribution in northern and eastern Australia, also known from New Guinea.

[edit] Family Megadermatidae

• Macroderma gigas (Dobson, 1880), Ghost Bat. Endemic, found across northern Australia.

[edit] Family Rhinolophidae

• Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray, 1834, Eastern Horseshoe Bat. East coast and New Guinea.
• Rhinolophus philippinensis achilles Thomas, 1906, Greater Horseshoe Bat. Far north Queensland and eastern Indonesia.
• Rhinolophus philippinensis maros Tate and Archbold, 1939, Large-eared Horseshoe Bat. North east Queensland, New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines.
• Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848, Dusky Leafnosed Bat. Northern Australia, South East Asia to India.
• Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854), Fawn Leafnosed Bat. Far north Queensland, South East Asia.
• Hipposideros diadema inornatus McKean, 1970, Arnhem Leafnosed Bat. Top End of the Northern Territory, South East Asia.
• Hipposideros diadema reginae Thoughton, 1937, Diadem Leafnosed Bat. Northern Queensland and South East Asia.
• Hipposideros semoni Matschie, 1903, Semon's Leafnosed Bat. North Queensland and New Guinea.
• Hipposideros stenotis Thomas, 1913, Northern Leafnosed Bat. Endemic, found in the Kimberleys, the Top End and north-western Queensland
• Rhinonicteris aurantius (Gray, 1845), Orange Leafnosed Bat. From the Pilbra to north-western Queensland.

[edit] Family Emballonuridae

• Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867), Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat. Endemic species with a wide distribution in tropical Australia.
• Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925, Cape York Sheathtail-bat. Found on Cape York Peninsula and in New Guinea.
• Saccoliamus saccolaimus (Temminck, 1838), Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat. Northern Australia, South East Asia to India.
• Taphozous australis Gould, 1854, Coastal Sheathtail Bat. East coast of Queensland and the Torres Stait, recorded a few times in New Guinea
• Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915, Common Sheathtail Bat. Endemic species found across northern Australia.
• Taphozous hilli Kitchener, 1980, Hill's Sheathtail Bat. Endemic, found in central inland Australia
• Taphozous kapalgensis McKean and Friend, 1979, Arnhem Sheathtail Bat. Endemic, found only in Kakadu.
• Taphozous troughtoni Tate, 1952, Troughton's Sheathtail Bat. Endemic, found only around Mt Isa.

[edit] Family Molossidae

• Chaerophon jobensis (Miller, 1902), Northern Freetail Bat. Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Mormopterus beccarii Peters, 1881, Beccari's Freetail Bat. Widespread across northern Australia, Indonesia.
• Mormopterus norfolkensis (Gray, 1839), East-coast Freetail Bat. Endemic, east coast from Brisbane to Sydney.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Eastern Freetial Bat. Endmic, east coast
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Inland Freetail Bat. Endemic, south west Australia.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Little Northern Freetail Bat. Northern Australia and New Guinea.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Little Western Freetail Bat. Endemic, west coast.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Southern Freetail Bat. Endemic, south eastern Australia.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Western Freetail Bat. Endemic, south-western Western Australia.
• Mormopterus sp (undescribed), Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat. Central Australia
• Nyctinomus australis (Gray, 1888), White-striped Freetail Bat. Endemic, southern Australia except Tasmania.

[edit] Family Vespertilionidae

• Chalinolobus dwyeri Ryan, 1966, Large-eared Pied Bat. Endemic, western side of the Great Dividing Range from south-western Queensland to southern New South Wales.
• Chalinolobus gouldii (Gray, 1841), Gould's Wattled Bat. Throughout Australia, Tasmania and Norfolk Island.
• Chalinolobus morio (Gray, 1841), Chocolate Wattled Bat. Endemic, southern Australia and Tasmania.
• Chalinolobus nigrogriseus (Gould, 1856), Hoary Wattled Bat. Northern Australia and New Guinea.
• Chalinolobus picatus (Gould, 1852), Little Pied Bat. Endemic, inland Queensland and New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range.
• Falsistrellus mackenziei Kitchener, Caputi and Jones, 1986, Western Falsistrelle. Endemic, south-western Australia.
• Falsistrellus tasmaniensis (Gould, 1858), Eastern Falsistrelle. Endemic, south-western Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
• Miniopterus australis Tomes, 1858, Little Bentwing Bat. East coast, New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Large Bentwing Bat. Northern and eastern Australia, wide Pacific distribution.
• Murina florium Thomas, 1908, Flute-nosed Bat. Far North Queensland, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia.
• Myotis adversus (Horsfield, 1824), Large-footed Myotis. Coastal northern and eastern Australia.
• Nyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson, 1959, Arnhem Longeared Bat. Endemic, found in the top end.
• Nyctophilus bifax Thomas, 1915, Northern Longeared Bat. Northern Australia and New Guinea.
• Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821, Lesser Longeared Bat. Endemic, throughout Australia and Tasmania, absent from the east coast of Queensland.
• Nyctophilus gouldii Tomes, 1858, Gould's Longeared Bat. Endemic, eastern and south-western Australia.
• Nyctophilus timoriensis (Geoffroy, 1806), Greater Longeared Bat. Souther mainland Australia and Tasmania, Indonesia
• Nyctophilus walkeri Thomas, 1892, Pygmy Longeared Bat. Endemic, found in the Top End.
• Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson, 1878), Golden-tipped Bat. East coast of Australia, New Guinea.
• Pipistrellus adamsi Caputi and Jones, 1986, Cape York Pipistrelle. Cape York and the Top End.
• Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900, Chritmas Island Pipistrelle. Endemic to Chistmas Island.
• Pipistrellus westralis Koopman, 1984, Northern Pipistrelle. Coastal Northern Australia.
• Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866), Greater Broadnosed Bat. Endemic, coastal Queensland and New South Wales.
• Scotorepends balstoni (Thomas, 1906), Inland Broadnosed Bat. Endemic, arid and semi-arid areas.
• Scotorepens greyii (Gray, 1843), Little Broadnosed Bat. Endemic, northern and inland Australia.
• Scotorepens orion (Thoughton, 1937), Eastern Broadnosed Bat. Endemic, coastal eastern Australia from Brisbane to Melbourne.
• Scotorepens sanborni (Thoughton, 1937), Northern Broadnosed Bat. Northern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia
• Vespadelus baverstocki (Kitchener, Jones and Caputi, 1987), Inland Forest Bat. Endemic, found across arid Australia.
• Vespadelus caurinus (Thomas, 1914), Northern Cave Bat. Northern Australia.
• Vespadelus darlingtoni (Allen, 1933), Large Forest Bat. Endemic, south-eastern coast and Tasmania
• Vespadelus douglasorum (Kitchener, 1976), Kimberley Cave Bat. Endemic, west Kimberley region.
• Vespadelus finlaysoni (Kitchener, Jones and Caputi, 1987), Inland Cave Bat. Endemic, wide distribution across arid and semi-arid Australia.
• Vespadelus pumilus (Gray, 1841), Eastern Forest Bat. Endemic, scattered distribution on east coast, Lord Howe Island.
• Vespadelus regulus (Thomas, 1906), Southern Forest Bat. Endemic, southern mainland and Tasmania.
• Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones and Caputi, 1987), Eastern Cave Bat. Endemic, eastern Australia.
• Vespadelus vulturnus (Thomas, 1914), Little Forest Bat. Endemic, south east and Tasmania.

[edit] References

• Churchill, S. 1998. Australian Bats. Clare Coney ISBN 1-876334-07-X
• O’Brien, G.M., 1993, 'Seasonal Reproduction in Flying Foxes, Reviewed in the Context of other Tropical Mammals’, Reproduction fertility and development , Vol. 5, pp. 499-521.