LITTLE RED FLYING FOX

72                 LITTLE RED FLYING-FOX                  Pteropus scapulatus

AUSTRALIA                72

Found across coastal and sub-coastal areas of n and e Australia from Shark Bay (WA) to n Victoria. Roosts by day in stream side trees and feeds in wide range of tropical, subtropical and temperate forests and woodlands. Feeds mostly on eucalyptus and melaleuca nectar, also native and cultivated fruit. Partially nomadic.

GREY-HEADED FLYING-FOX

Photographed at Mary Caincross Reserve, Queensland, August 2017

8                  GREY-HEADED FLYING-FOX              Pteropus poliocephalus

AUSTRALIA            8

largest of the Australian bats. found in eastern Australia from Gladstone south along coastal region to Adelaide, rarely more than 200 kms inland. In summer gathers in large camps usually in dense forest in gullies, more dispersed in cooler weather.