List of bats of Australia

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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

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

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[]

Emballonuridae[]

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[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Churchill, S. (1998) Australian bats, New Holland, Sydney ISBN 1-876334-07-X
  3. ^ a b Churchill, S. (2008) Australian bats, Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN 978-1-74175-461-2
  4. ^ 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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