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Black flying fox

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Species : Pteropus alecto

 

The Black flying fox, central flying-fox is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the black flying fox

Black Flying-Fox Within New South Wale the Black Flying-Fox (Pteropus alecto) is listed as 'Vulnerable and Rare' through listing on Schedule 2 (Vulnerable Species) of the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995.

Black Flying Fox or Pteropus alecto is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)

Here, a young black flying fox is shown lapping the sweet nectar from a red bottle-brush flower. (Full text)

The black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) is Australia's largest bat with a wingspan of about four to five feet. (Full text)

The Black Flying Fox, Pteropus Alecto, is the largest of the flying foxes and is also found in Queensland but has a larger range. (Full text)

Pteropus alecto is one of the world's largest bats, with the maximum weight of males exceeding 1100 g (Vardon et al. (Full text)

The Black Flying Fox, Pteropus alecto, is found throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. (Full text)

The black flying fox is already listed as threatened, while the grey-headed flying fox is currently being considered for listing under the Threatened Species Conservation Act. (Full text)

Pteropus alecto - the black flying fox - is the largest species in Australia, and, with a wingspan exceding a metre, among the largest bats in the world. (Full text)

The Livingstone's or Comoro black flying fox is the subject of Jersey's second flying fox breeding programme, and the 17 animals brought to Jersey have grown to a colony of 22 animals. (Full text)

1. blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat -- (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)
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black fly
buffalo gnat
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