Black Flying Fox
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Scientific name | Pteropus alecto |
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Mass | 610 g (Adult) |
Conservation status | Least Concern (Population stable) |
Length | 25 cm (Adult) |
Trophic level | Herbivorous |
Did you know | Black Flying-foxes are vulnerable to loss of feeding areas from clearing of native vegetation and land degradation from agriculture. |
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ID | 801349 |
About Black Flying Fox
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.