List of bats of Australia

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)

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