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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.
- Bare-backed Fruit-bat, Dobsonia moluccense 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
- Torresian Tubenosed Bat, Nyctimene cephalotes - Moa Island in Torres Strait; New Guinea and Indonesia
- Eastern Tubenosed 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
- Christmas Island Flying Fox, Pteropus melanotus - 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
- Eastern Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus - East coast and New Guinea
- Greater Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis achilles - Far north Queensland and eastern Indonesia
- Large-eared Horseshoe Bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis maros - North east Queensland; New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- Dusky Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros ater - Northern Australia; South East Asia to India
- Fawn Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros cervinus - Far north Queensland; South East Asia
- Diadem Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros diadema reginae - Northern Queensland and South East Asia
- Arnhem Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros diadema inornatus - Top End of the Northern Territory; South East Asia
- Semon's Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros semoni - North Queensland and New Guinea
- Northern Leafnosed Bat, Hipposideros stenotis - Endemic; the Kimberleys, the Top End and north-western Queensland
- Orange Leafnosed Bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia - from the Pilbara to north-western Queensland
- Northern Freetail Bat, Chaerephon jobensis - Northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
- Beccari's Freetail Bat, Mormopterus beccarii - Widespread across northern Australia; Indonesia
- East-coast Freetail Bat, Mormopterus norfolkensis - Endemic; east coast from Brisbane to Sydney.
- Eastern Freetial Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Endemic, east coast
- Inland Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Endemic, South-west Australia
- Little Northern Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Northern Australia and New Guinea
- Little Western Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Endemic, west coast
- Southern Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Endemic, south-eastern Australia
- Western Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Endemic, south-western Australia
- Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat, Mormopterus sp. - Central Australia
- White-striped Freetail Bat, Nyctinomus australis - Endemic; southern Australia except Tasmania.
- Large-eared Pied Bat, Chalinolobus dwyeri - Endemic; western side of the Great Diviing 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 Falsistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei - Endemic; south-western Australia
- Eastern Falsistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis - Endemic; south-western Queensland, New South Wales
- Little Bentwing Bat, Miniopterus australis - East coast; New Guinea and Indonesia
- Large Bentwing Bat, Miniopterus schreibersii - Northern and eastern Australia; wide Pacific distribution
- Eastern Bentwing Bat, Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis - East and North western Australia
- Flute-nosed Bat, Murina florium - Far North Queensland; New Guinea and eastern Indonesia
- Large-footed Myotis, Myotis adversus - Coastal northern and eastern Australia
- Arnhem Longeared Bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis - Endemic; the Top End
- Northern Longeared Bat, Nyctophilus bifax - Northern Australia and New Guinea
- Lesser Longeared 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
- Greater Longeared Bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis - Southern mainland Australia and Tasmania; Indonesia
- Pygmy Longeared Bat, Nyctophilus walkeri - Endemic; the Top End
- Golden-tipped Bat, Phoniscus papuensis - East coast of Australia; New Guinea
- Cape York 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
- Greater Broadnosed Bat, Scoteanax rueppellii - Endemic; coastal Queensland and New South Wales
- Inland Broadnosed Bat, Scotorepends balstoni - Endemic; arid and semi-arid areas
- Little Broadnosed Bat, Scotorepens greyii - Endemic; northern and inland Australia
- Eastern Broadnosed Bat, Scotorepens orion - Endemic; coastal eastern Australia from Brisbane to Melbourne
- Northern Broadnosed 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
- Kimberley Cave Bat, Vespadelus douglasorum - Endemic; west Kimberley region
- Inland 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
[edit] See also
Australasian Bat Society
[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.
- Bats of Australia
