Monday, March 23, 2020

BIG-EARRED FLYING FOX

Photographed on Saibai, Torres Straits, March 2020

124                 BIG-EARRED FLYING-FOX                   Pteropus macrotis

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS.       124

Also known as Large-earred Flying Fox. Eats mainly fruits. Distributed across Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands I the Torres Straits; found on Boigu and Saibai.. Often in coastal mangroves.







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