<P> 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) </P> <Ul> <Li> Bare - backed fruit bat, Dobsonia magna - Far North Queensland; the species range also includes New Guinea </Li> <Li> Northern blossom bat, Macroglossus minimus - northern Australia and South - east Asia </Li> <Li> Common blossom bat, Syconycteris australis - coastal eastern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia </Li> <Li> Northern tube - nosed bat, Nyctimene cephalotes - Moa Island in Torres Strait; New Guinea and Indonesia </Li> <Li> Eastern tube - nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni - endemic to Australia, found on east coast </Li> <Li> Black flying fox, Pteropus alecto - northern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia </Li> <Li> Spectacled flying fox, Pteropus conspicillatus - coastal Queensland; New Guinea and Indonesia </Li> <Li> Large - eared flying fox, Pteropus macrotis - Boigu Island in the Torres Strait and New Guinea </Li> <Li> Black - eared flying fox, Pteropus natalis - Christmas Island; the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Nias and Enggano Islands off Indonesia </Li> <Li> Grey - headed flying fox, Pteropus poliocephalus - endemic species found on the east coast from Rockhampton to western Victoria </Li> <Li> Little red flying fox, Pteropus scapulatus - wide distribution in northern and eastern Australia; also known from New Guinea </Li> </Ul>

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