List of bats of Australia
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This is the list of bats of Australia[1][2], a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. There are 75 bat species known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe and Christmas Island[3].
[edit] Chiroptera
[edit] Pteropodidae
- 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
- 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 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
[edit] Megadermatidae
- Ghost Bat, Macroderma gigas - endemic; found across northern Australia
[edit] 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.
- 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 diadema inornatus - Top End of the Northern Territory; South East Asia
- Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros semoni - North Queensland and New Guinea
- Northern Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros stenotis - endemic; the Kimberleys, the Top End and north-western Queensland
- Orange Leaf-nosed Bat, Rhinonicteris aurantia - from the Pilbara to north-western Queensland
[edit] Emballonuridae
- Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris - endemic species with a wide distribution in tropical 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 species found across northern Australia
- Hill's Sheath-tailed Bat, Taphozous hilli - endemic; central inland Australia
- Arnhem Sheath-tailed Bat, Taphozous kapalgensis - endemic; found only in Kakadu
- Troughton's Sheath-tailed Bat, Taphozous troughtoni - endemic; found only around Mount Isa
[edit] Molossidae
- Northern Free-tailed Bat, Chaerephon jobensis - northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia
- Beccari's Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus beccarii - widespread across northern Australia; Indonesia
- Australian Little Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus loriae
- Western Little Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus loriae cobourgiana - endemic, west coast
- Eastern Little Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus loriae ridei - northern Australia and New Guinea
- East-coast Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus norfolkensis - endemic; east coast from Brisbane to Sydney.
- Bristle-faced Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus eleryi - endemic, central Australia
- Eastern Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus sp. - endemic, east coast
- Inland Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus sp. - endemic, South-west Australia
- South-western Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus sp. - endemic, south-western Australia
- South-eastern Free-tailed Bat, Mormopterus sp. - endemic, south-eastern Australia
- White-striped Free-tailed Bat, Tadarida australis - endemic; southern Australia except Tasmania.
[edit] Vespertilionidae
- 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 False Pipistrelle, Falsistrellus mackenziei - endemic; south-western Australia
- Eastern False Pipistrelle, Falsistrellus tasmaniensis - endemic; south-western Queensland, New South Wales
- 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 - East and North western Australia
- Flute-nosed Bat, Murina florium - Far North Queensland; New Guinea and eastern Indonesia
- Large-footed Bat, Myotis adversus - coastal northern and eastern Australia
- Northern Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus arnhemensis - endemic; the Top End
- Eastern Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus bifax - endemic, northern 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 gouldii - endemic; eastern and south-western Australia
- Lord Howe Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus howensis - endemic to Lord Howe Island; probably extinct
- Tasmanian long-eared bat, Nyctophilus sherrini - endemic; Tasmania.
- Nyctophilus daedalus - endemic; eastern Queensland to Western Australia.
- Central Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus sp. - southern mainland Australia, possibly N. timoriensis ssp.
- Greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus major - endemic; south western Australia
- Western Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus major tor- endemic; southern mainland Australia
- Nyctophilus corbeni- endemic; southern eastern Australia
- Pygmy Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus walkeri - endemic; the Top End
- 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
- Greater 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
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] 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. Clare Coney ISBN 1-876334-07-X
- ^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0-19-550870-X
