List of bats of Australia

• – Extinct;
• – Extinct in the wild;
• – Critically endangered;
• – Endangered;
• – Vulnerable;
• – Near threatened;
• – Least concern;
• – Data deficient;
• – Not evaluated.

[Microchiroptera] (microbats)

[Emballonuridae]

''[Saccolaimus]''

• Yellow-bellied sheathtail bat, S. flaviventris. Endemic species with a wide distribution in mainland Australia.
• Papuan sheath-tailed bat, S. mixtus. Cape York Peninsula and New Guinea. Also called the Cape-York sheath-tailed bat.
• Bare-rumped sheath-tailed bat, S. saccolaimus. Northern Australia; South East Asia to India. Also called the naked-rumped sheathtail bat.
• * S. s. nudicluniatus.
• * S. s. saccolaimus.

''[Taphozous]''

• Coastal sheath-tailed bat, T. australis. East coast of Queensland and the Torres Stait; recorded a few times in New Guinea.
• Common sheath-tailed bat, T. georgianus. Endemic, north-western Australia.
• Hill's sheath-tailed bat, T. hilli. Endemic, central inland Australia.
• Arnhem sheath-tailed bat, T. kapalgensis. Endemic, Top End of the Northern Territory.
• Troughton's sheath-tailed bat, T. troughtoni. Endemic, central and north-eastern Queensland.

[Miniopteridae]

''[Miniopterus]''

• Little bent-wing bat, M. australis. East coast; New Guinea and Indonesia.
• Northern bentwing bat, M. orianae. Northern and eastern Australia. Also called the Australasian bent-wing bat.
• * 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]

''[Austronomus]''

• White-striped freetail bat, A. australis. Endemic, entire mainland Australia.

''Chaerephon''">Mops (bat)">''Chaerephon'' or ''Mops''

• 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.
• * C. j. colonicus.

''[Micronomus]''

• 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.

''[Ozimops]''

• North-western free-tailed bat, O. cobourgianus. Endemic, northern coast and north-western coast. Also called the northern coastal free-tailed bat.
• Cape York free-tailed bat, O. halli. Endemic, Cape York and the Northern Gulf.
• South-western free-tailed bat, O. kitcheneri. Endemic, south-western Western Australia.
• Northern free-tailed bat, O. lumsdenae. Endemic, widespread across the northern half of Australia.
• Inland free-tailed bat, O. petersi. Endemic, widespread across the arid inland of Australia.
• South-eastern free-tailed bat, O. planiceps. Endemic, south-eastern Australia, particularly the Western slopes of the Great Dividing Range.
• Ride's free-tailed bat, O. ridei. Widespread across eastern Australian coasts.

''[Setirostris]''

• Hairy-nosed freetail bat, S. eleryi. Endemic, eastern and central Australia. Also called the bristle-faced free-tailed bat. Treated as endangered under New South Wales law.

[Vespertilionidae] (vesper bats)

[Kerivoulinae]

''[Phoniscus]''

• Golden-tipped bat, P. papuensis. Eastern and north-eastern coast; New Guinea.

[Murininae]

''[Murina]''

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

[Nyctophilinae]

''[Nyctophilus]''

• Arnhem long-eared bat, N. arnhemensis. Northern and north-western coasts.
• Eastern long-eared bat, N. bifax. Northern, eastern and western coasts.
• Corben's long-eared bat, N. corbeni. Endemic, eastern to south-eastern Australia.
• Pallid long-eared bat, N. daedalus. Endemic, northern-most coast and the Northern Gulf.
• Lesser long-eared bat, N. geoffroyi. Widespread across the entirety of Australia, including Tasmania.
• * 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.
• Holts' long-eared bat, N. holtorum. Endemic, south-western-most coast.
• Lord Howe long-eared bat, N. howensis. Previously endemic to Lord Howe Island.
• 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.
• * 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.
• Pygmy long-eared bat, N. walkeri. Northern coasts of Australia and the Northern Gulf.
• Other uncertain species, Incertae sedis.

[Vespertilioninae]

''[Chalinolobus]''

• Large-eared pied bat, C. dwyeri. Inland eastern Australia. Also called the large pied bat. Treated as endangered under New South Wales law.
• Gould's wattled bat, C. gouldii. Widespread across Australia, including the Kangaroo Island and Norfolk Island, excluding Cape York.
• Chocolate wattled bat, C. morio. Widespread across southern Australia and the eastern coast; some presence in central Australia.
• Hoary wattled bat, C. nigrogriseus. Northern and north-eastern coast; New Guinea.
• * C. n. nigrogriseus. Northern and eastern Queensland.
• * C. n. rogersi. Northern and north-eastern coast.
• Little pied bat, C. picatus. Inland eastern Australia.

  ''[Falsistrellus]''

• Western false pipistrelle, F. mackenziei. South-western-most coast.
• Eastern false pipistrelle, F. tasmaniensis. Eastern to south-eastern coast of Australia, and northern and eastern coast of Tasmania.

  ''[Myotis]'' (mouse-eared bats)

• 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.

  ''[Pipistrellus]''

• Forest pipistrelle, P. adamsi. Northern-most region of Australia. Also called the Cape York pipistrelle.
• Christmas Island pipistrelle, P. murrayi. Previously endemic to a small, eastern section of Christmas Island.
• Northern pipistrelle, P. westralis. Some northern coasts and the Northern Gulf.

  ''[Scoteanax]''

• Greater broad-nosed bat, S. rueppellii. Eastern coast.

  ''[Scotorepens]''

• Inland broad-nosed bat, S. balstoni. Widespread across the entirety of inland Australia.
• Little broad-nosed bat, S. greyii. Widespread across the entirety of inland Australia except the southern-most portions.
• 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.
• 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.

  ''[Vespadelus]''

• Inland forest bat, V. baverstocki. Widespread across inland Australia.
• Northern cave bat, V. caurinus. Northern coasts of Northern Territory and Western Australia.
• Large forest bat, V. darlingtoni. Eastern to south-eastern coasts and the entirety of Tasmania.
• Yellow-lipped bat, V. douglasorum. Northern-most coasts of Western Australia.
• Finlayson's cave bat, V. finlaysoni. Widespread across the inland portion of Australia, as well as the northern-most coast and the western coasts.
• Eastern forest bat, V. pumilus. Eastern-most coasts of Queensland and northern coasts of New South Wales.
• Southern forest bat, V. regulus. Southern Australia, particularly around the coasts.
• Eastern cave bat, V. troughtoni. Eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.
• Little forest bat, V. vulturnus. Widespread across south-eastern Australia, including most of New South Wales and all of Victoria but excluding Tasmania.

[Yinpterochiroptera]

[Hipposideridae]

''[Hipposideros]''

• Dusky leaf-nosed bat, H. ater. Northern coasts.
• * H. a. aruensis. Northern Queensland.
• * H. a. gilberti. Top End of Northern Territory and northern-most Western Australia.
• Fawn leaf-nosed bat, H. cervinus. North-eastern tip of Cape York Peninsula; Indonesia and New Guinea.
• * H. c. cervinus.
• Diadem leaf-nosed bat, H. diadema. North-eastern tip of Cape York Peninsula; widespread across Indonesia; New Guinea, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand.
• * H. d. reginae.
• Arnhem leaf-nosed bat, H. inornatus. Northern-most tip of Northern Australia.
• Semon's leaf-nosed bat, H. semoni. North-eastern tip of Cape York and Queensland.
• Northern leaf-nosed bat, H. stenotis. Northern coasts of Australia.

[Megadermatidae] (false vampires)

''Macroderma''">Macroderma (bat)">''Macroderma''

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

[Rhinolophidae]

''[Rhinolophus]''

• Eastern horseshoe bat, R. megaphyllus. Entire eastern coast of Australia and the southern coast of Victoria.
• * R. m. ignifer. Cape York Peninsula.
• * R. m. megaphyllus. East coasts of New South Wales and Victoria.R. robertsi. Endemic. Cape York Peninsula.
• Large-eared horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus philippinensis - northeast Queensland.

[Rhinonycteridae]

''[Rhinonicteris]''

• Orange leaf-nosed bat R. aurantia. North-most coasts excluding Cape York.

[Pteropodidae]

[Harpyionycterinae]

''[Dobsonia]''

• Bare-backed fruit bat, D. magna. North-eastern Cape York Peninsula; Melanesia.

[Macroglossusinae]

''[Macroglossus]''

• Northern blossom-bat, M. minimus. Northern Australia. Also called the dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat.
• * M. m. pygmaeus.

  ''[Syconycteris]''

• Common blossom bat, S. australis. Eastern and north-eastern coasts. Also called the eastern blossom bat.
• * S. a. australis.

[Nyctimeninae]

''Nyctimene''">Nyctimene (genus)">''Nyctimene''

• Eastern tube-nosed bat, N. robinsini. Possibly endemic. Eastern to north-eastern coast.

[Pteropodinae]

''[Pteropus]''

• Black flying fox, P. alecto. Widespread across Western Australia and the northern, north-eastern and eastern coasts.
• * P. a. gouldii. The coastal regions of the above.
• Percy Island flying fox, P. brunneus. Previously in a north-eastern part of Queensland.
• Spectacled flying fox, P. conspicillatus. Eastern coast of Queensland.
• * P. c. conspicillatus. North-eastern tip of Cape York Peninsula.
• Large-eared flying-fox, P. macrotis. Presence in Australia is controversial. May be located in the Torres Strait Islands.
• * P. m. epularius.
• Christmas Island flying fox, P. natalis. Endemic to Christmas Island. Due to controversial taxonomic status, IUCN has not yet recognised this animal as a separate species. If it were recognised as an individual species by IUCN, its status would be
• Grey-headed flying fox, P. poliocephalus. Eastern and south-eastern coast.
• Little red flying fox, P. scapulatus. Widespread throughout the northern portion of Australia.