List of bats of Australia - wikipedia 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 ) Contents 1 List 1.1 Pteropodidae 1.2 Megadermatidae 1.3 Rhinolophidae 1.4 Hipposideridae 1.5 Emballonuridae 1.6 Molossidae 1.7 Miniopteridae 1.8 Vespertilionidae 2 See also 3 References 4 External links List Spectacled flying - fox ( Pteropus conspicillatus ) Black flying Fox 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 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. 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, 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 ; 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 Northern free - tailed bat, Mormopterus lumsdenae - endemic, widespread across northern Australia ; Western little free - tailed bat, Mormopterus cobourgianus - endemic, northwest coast Eastern little free - tailed bat, Mormopterus ridei - eastern Australia East - coast free - tailed bat, Mormopterus norfolkensis - endemic ; east coast from Brisbane to Bega. Bristle - faced free - tailed bat, Mormopterus eleryi - endemic, central Australia Cape York free - tailed bat, Mormopterus halli - endemic, Cape York and northern Gulf Inland free - tailed bat, Mormopterus petersi - endemic, arid inland South - western free - tailed bat, Mormopterus kitcheneri - endemic, south - western Australia Southern free - tailed bat, Mormopterus planiceps - endemic, south - eastern Australia White - striped free - tailed bat, Tadarida australis - endemic ; southern Australia except Tasmania. Miniopteridae 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 - eastern Australia Southern bent - wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii - southeast South Australia and western Victoria, Australia Northern bent - wing bat, Miniopterus schreibersii orianae - northwest Australia 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 Flute - nosed bat, Murina florium - Far North Queensland ; New Guinea and eastern Indonesia Large - footed bat, Myotis adversus - coastal northern and eastern Australia Large - footed myotis, Myotis macropus - coastal eastern Australia Arnhem 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. Northern long - eared bat, Nyctophilus daedalus - endemic ; eastern Queensland to Western Australia. Western long - eared bat, Nyctophilus major - endemic ; south western Australia Central long - eared bat, Nyctophilus major tor - endemic ; southern mainland Australia South - eastern long - eared bat, 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 Rüppell 's broad - nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii - endemic ; coastal Queensland and New South Wales Western 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 See also Fauna of Australia References Jump up ^ 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 Jump up ^ Churchill, S. ( 1998 ) Australian bats, New Holland, Sydney ISBN 1 - 876334 - 07 - X ^ Jump up to : Churchill, S. ( 2008 ) Australian bats, Allen & Unwin, Sydney ISBN 978 - 1 - 74175 - 461 - 2 Jump up ^ Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. ( 2001 ) A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 - 19 - 550870 - X External links Australasian Bat Society Australian Bats at the Australian Museum Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_bats_of_Australia&oldid=815928780 '' Categories : Bats of Australia Lists of mammals by location Lists of Australian animals Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 18 December 2017, at 03 : 35 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how many species of bats are there in australia
Answer: About 75