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This is the list of bats of Australia ,
[1]
[2]
[3] 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 .
[4] This list principally follows the authoritative reference, Churchill (2008)
[3]
List
Spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus )
Black flying fox
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
Ghost bat , Macroderma gigas - endemic; found across northern Australia
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.
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
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
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
See also
References
^ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia , Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane
ISBN
978-1-877069-25-3
^ Churchill, S. (1998) Australian bats , New Holland, Sydney
ISBN
1-876334-07-X
^
a
b Churchill, S. (2008) Australian bats , Allen & Unwin, Sydney
ISBN
978-1-74175-461-2
^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia , Oxford University Press, Melbourne
ISBN
0-19-550870-X
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