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Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)

Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)
Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)

About Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Bats
  • Family: Old World Fruit Bats

The black flying fox or black fruit bat is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, Pteropus. The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species.

Source: Wikipedia

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    Lakefield National Park, Australia
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    Cape Range National Park, Australia
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