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Australian Wildlife
Flying-Foxes
Flying-foxes, otherwise known as fruit bats, are 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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