List of bats of Australia

This is the list of bats of Australia, 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.

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

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.
 * 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

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

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.

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