Pictures and facts about the Spectacled flying fox

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Spectacled flying fox

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

 

The Spectacled 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 spectacled flying fox

The Spectacled Flying-fox is also an important part of Queensland´s biodiversity and contributes to the World Heritage values of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area (WTWHA), being part of the genetic diversity of the area and of the record of the mixing of faunas of Australian and Asian continental plates.

The spectacled flying fox is considered an important pollinator and seed disperser for rainforest trees and is therefore a significant contributor to the health of the Wet Tropics. (Full text)

The Spectacled Flying-fox is also known as the Spectacled Fruit-Bat. (Full text)

One of the most important animals involved in that process -- the spectacled flying fox -- is already under stress from loss of habitat. (Full text)

You may remember the Spectacled flying fox is at the centre of a court case where a farmer is accused of endangering the species by using electric grids to control them on his lychee farm. (Full text)

Summary The spectacled flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus is a species (Full text)

Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) pollinating black bean The black bean tree, here being pollinated by a spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), is one of Australia's most prized sources of wood for veneers, furniture and carving. (Full text)

The Spectacled Flying Fox, Pteropus Conspicillatus, is the most common around the Cairns region. (Full text)

As this is where the bulk of the Australian population resides, the Spectacled Flying-fox is eligible for listing as vulnerable under this criterion. (Full text)

The Spectacled Flying Fox is part of the world heritage values of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. (Full text)

The spectacled flying-fox is considered an important pollinator and seed disperser within the Wet Tropics region, and recent surveys have suggested the fruit bat should be listed as Critically Endangered. (Full text)