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Flying Fox
A word about the flying fox from the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia |
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Have you seen a flying fox?
Flying-foxes, otherwise known as fruit bats, are placental (Eutherian) mammals and members of the Pteropodidae family. They have the largest body size of all bats, weighing up to one kilogram, with a wing span which may exceed one metre. There are eight known species of flying-fox in Australia, of which only four are relatively widespread on the Australian mainland. These are the black, the spectacled, the grey-headed and the little red flying-foxes. The first three of these have similar habits and lifestyle but are found in different parts of Australia, their ranges partially overlapping. The little red flying-fox is smaller and gives birth at a different time to the others and tends to follow the flowering of the eucalypts inland, moving to the coast irregularly. MORE
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How is the Wildlife Preservation Society helping, and how can you help?
Members of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia have been working since the Society's foundation in May 1909 to preserve and protect Australia's wildlife in all its forms.
One of our most recent projects is helping to raise the profile of the flying fox and protect the species from decline.
Flying Foxes are (one of) Australia's least understood mammals. While the kangaroo has international acclaim there are not many people who have seen a flying fox in the wild - many don't even know what one looks like!
Thank you for your support.
Do you love flying foxes?
We invite you, a visitor to our website, to also help and support the program to "Save Flying Foxes" by making a donation to the conservation work of the Society. Help save Australia's flying foxes by donating to the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia's special flying foxes project. Click here
With your support we can save Australia's precious flying foxes
Join the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia's flying fox donation program for as little as $10 or more each month and together we can make Australia a safe place where native wildlife conservation matters.
Donations of $2 or more are fully tax deductible and all quoted dollar amounts are in Australian currency. |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact our Office on:
Tel: 02 9556 1537 • International: +61 2 9556 1537
Fax: 02 9599 0000 • International: +61 2 9599 0000
Email: info@wpsa.org.au
Post: PO Box 42, BRIGHTON LE SANDS, NSW, 2216, Australia |
