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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 references, the Australian Faunal Directory[5] and Churchill (2008).[3]

Bats are all of the order Chiroptera.

Each listing includes the conservation status of the animal, following the information set out by the IUCN Red List (v. 2024-2; as at 24 December 2024).[6] The conservation categories are:[7]

  • EX – Extinct;
  • EW – Extinct in the wild;
  • CR – Critically endangered;
  • EN – Endangered;
  • VU – Vulnerable;
  • NT – Near threatened;
  • LC – Least concern;
  • DD – Data deficient;
  • NE – Not evaluated.

Microchiroptera (microbats)

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Emballonuridae

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Saccolaimus
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Taphozous
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Miniopteridae

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Miniopterus
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  • Little bent-wing bat, M. australis. East coast; New Guinea and Indonesia. LC IUCN
  • Northern bentwing bat, M. orianae. Northern and eastern Australia. Also called the Australasian bent-wing bat. NE
    • Southern bent-winged bat, M. o. bassanii. South-western Victoria.
    • Eastern bent-winged bat, M. o. oceanensis. Eastern Australia, along the entire coast.
    • Northern bent-winged bat, M. o. orianae. Top End of Northern Territory.

Molossidae

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Austronomus
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Chaerephon or Mops
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  • Great Northern free-tailed bat, C. jobensis. Northern Australia; Indonesia and New Guinea. Also called the Northern mastiff bat or the Greater Northern free-tailed bat. LC IUCN
    • C. j. colonicus.
Micronomus
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  • Eastern free-tailed bat, M. norfolkensis. East coast, from Brisbane to Bega. Also called the East-coast free-tailed bat or the Eastern little mastiff bat. NT IUCN
Ozimops
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Setirostris
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Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)

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Kerivoulinae

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Phoniscus
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Murininae

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Murina
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  • Flute-nosed bat, M. florium. Eastern Cape York; New Guinea and Indonesia. Also called the Tube-nosed bat and the Tube-nosed insectivorous bat. LC IUCN
    • Flute-nosed bat. M. f. florium. Not known by the other names.

Nyctophilinae

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Nyctophilus
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  • Arnhem long-eared bat, N. arnhemensis. Northern and north-western coasts. LC IUCN
  • Eastern long-eared bat, N. bifax. Northern, eastern and western coasts. LC IUCN
  • Corben's long-eared bat, N. corbeni. Endemic, eastern to south-eastern Australia. VU IUCN
  • Pallid long-eared bat, N. daedalus. Endemic, northern-most coast and the Northern Gulf. LC IUCN
  • Lesser long-eared bat, N. geoffroyi. Widespread across the entirety of Australia, including Tasmania. LC IUCN
    • N. g. geoffroyi. Widespread across the entirety of Western Australia.
    • N. g. pacificus. Widespread across the entire eastern portion of Australia.
    • N. g. pallescens. Inland South Australia.
  • Gould's long-eared bat, N. gouldi. Widespread across the eastern coasts of Australia, present in the south-western-most coasts. LC IUCN
  • Holts' long-eared bat, N. holtorum. Endemic, south-western-most coast. LC IUCN
  • Lord Howe long-eared bat, N. howensis. Previously endemic to Lord Howe Island. EX IUCN
  • Greater long-eared bat, N. major. Widespread across western, southern and inland-eastern Australia. Also called the Central long-eared bat and the Western long-eared bat. LC IUCN
    • N. m. major. Endemic, south-western-most coast.
    • N. m. tor. Endemic, south-western to southern Australia, coastal and inland.
  • Tasmanian long-eared bat, N. sherrini. Northern and eastern Tasmania. VU IUCN
  • Pygmy long-eared bat, N. walkeri. Northern coasts of Australia and the Northern Gulf. LC IUCN
  • Other uncertain species, Incertae sedis.[8]

Vespertilioninae

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Chalinolobus
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  • Large-eared pied bat, C. dwyeri. Inland eastern Australia. Also called the Large pied bat. VU IUCN
  • Gould's wattled bat, C. gouldii. Widespread across Australia, including the Kangaroo Island and Norfolk Island, excluding Cape York. LC IUCN
  • Chocolate wattled bat, C. morio. Widespread across southern Australia and the eastern coast; some presence in central Australia. LC IUCN
  • Hoary wattled bat, C. nigrogriseus. Northern and north-eastern coast; New Guinea. LC IUCN
    • C. n. nigrogriseus. Northern and eastern Queensland.
    • C. n. rogersi. Northern and north-eastern coast.
  • Little pied bat, C. picatus. Inland eastern Australia. NT IUCN
Falsistrellus
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Myotis (mouse-eared bats)
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  • Large footed myotis, M. macropus. Eastern coasts from the south-eastern edge to Cape York and the south-eastern coast and inland; most of Victoria. LC IUCN
Pipistrellus
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Scoteanax
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Scotorepens
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  • Inland broad-nosed bat, S. balstoni. Widespread across the entirety of inland Australia. LC IUCN
  • Little broad-nosed bat, S. greyii. Widespread across the entirety of inland Australia except the southern-most portions. LC IUCN
  • Eastern broad-nosed bat, S. orion. Eastern coasts, particularly the south-eastern coasts, but can be found in the eastern coast of Cape York. Also called the South-eastern broad-nosed bat. LC IUCN
  • Northern broad-nosed bat, S. sanborni. Scattered across the northern coasts, more widespread in the northern to north-eastern coast of Queensland; New Guinea and Indonesia. LC IUCN
Vespadelus
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  • Inland forest bat, V. baverstocki. Widespread across inland Australia. LC IUCN
  • Northern cave bat, V. caurinus. Northern coasts of Northern Territory and Western Australia. LC IUCN
  • Large forest bat, V. darlingtoni. Eastern to south-eastern coasts and the entirety of Tasmania. LC IUCN
  • Yellow-lipped cave bat, V. douglasorum. Northern-most coasts of Western Australia. LC IUCN
  • Finlayson's cave bat, V. finlaysoni. Widespread across the inland portion of Australia, as well as the northern-most coast and the western coasts. LC IUCN
  • Eastern forest bat, V. pumilus. Eastern-most coasts of Queensland and northern coasts of New South Wales. LC IUCN
  • Southern forest bat, V. regulus. Southern Australia, particularly around the coasts. LC IUCN
  • Eastern cave bat, V. troughtoni. Eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. LC IUCN
  • Little forest bat, V. vulturnus. Widespread across south-eastern Australia, including most of New South Wales and all of Victoria but excluding Tasmania. LC IUCN

Yinpterochiroptera

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Hipposideridae

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Hipposideros
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Megadermatidae (false vampries)

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Macroderma
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  • Ghost bat, M. gigas. Across the northern coasts of Australia. VU IUCN

Rhinolophidae

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Rhinolophus
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  • Eastern horseshoe bat, R. megaphyllus. Entire eastern coast of Australia and the southern coast of Victoria. LC IUCN
    • R. m. ignifer. Cape York Peninsula.
    • R. m. megaphyllus. East coasts of New South Wales and Victoria.
  • R. robertsi. Endemic. Cape York Peninsula.

Rhinonycteridae

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Rhinonicteris
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  • R. aurantia. North-most coasts excluding Cape York. LC IUCN

Pteropodidae

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Harpyionycterinae

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Dobsonia
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Macroglossusinae

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Macroglossus
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  • Northern blossom-bat, M. minimus. Northern Australia. Also called the Dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat. LC IUCN
    • M. m. pygmaeus.
Syconycteris
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  • Common blossom bat, S. australis. Eastern and north-eastern coasts. Also called the Eastern blossom bat. LC IUCN
    • S. a. australis.

Nyctimeninae

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Nyctimene
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Pteropodinae

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Pteropus
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Black flying fox

See also

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References

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  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
  5. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  6. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  7. ^ IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1 (2nd ed.). International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2012. ISBN 978-2-8317-1435-6.
  8. ^ "Incertae Sedis". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  9. ^ Geyle, Hayley M.; Woinarski, John C. Z.; Baker, G. Barry; Dickman, Chris R.; Dutson, Guy; Fisher, Diana O.; Ford, Hugh; Holdsworth, Mark; Jones, Menna E.; Kutt, Alex; Legge, Sarah; Leiper, Ian; Loyn, Richard; Murphy, Brett P.; Menkhorst, Peter (20 April 2018). "Quantifying extinction risk and forecasting the number of impending Australian bird and mammal extinctions". Pacific Conservation Biology. 24 (2): 157–167. doi:10.1071/PC18006. ISSN 2204-4604.
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