Flying Foxes and Allies - Family: Pteropodidae
Photo by Erik Beringen
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Subfamily: Macroglossinae
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Southern Blossom Bat - Syconycterus australis
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Subfamily: Nyctimeninae
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Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit bat - Nyctimene robinsoni
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Subfamily: Pteropodinae
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Black Flying Fox - Pteropus alecto
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C 842 - E.Beringen
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Grey-headed Flying Fox - Pteropus poliocephalus
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C 845 - E.Beringen
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Little Red Flying Fox - Pteropus scapulatus
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L 142 - N.Lambert
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
> Subclass: Theria (Live-bearing Mammals)
> Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental Mammals)
> Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, Carnivores and Allies)
> Order: Chiroptera (Bats)
> Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
> Family: Pteropididae (Old World Fruit Bats)
> Subfamily: Macroglossinae
> Genus: Syconycteris
> Species: S. australis - Southern Blossom Bat
> Subfamily: Nyctimeninae
> Genus: Nyctimene
> Species: N. robinsoni - Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
> Subfamily: Pteropodinae
> Genus: Pteropus
> Species: P. alecto - Black Flying Fox
> Species: P. poliocephalus - Grey-headed Flying Fox
> Species: P. scapulatus - Little Red Flying Fox
References:
Churchill, Sue, (2008) Australian Bats 2nd Edition. Jacana Books, Crows Nest, N.S.W.
Richards, Greg and Hall, Les, (2012) A Natural History of Australian Bats, Working the Night Shift. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Strahan, L. (Editor in Chief), (1983), The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife: The Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus and Robertson, Melbourne.
Van Dyck, Steve, Gynther, Ian. and Baker, Andrew. (2013) Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia, New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds), (1989). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 1B Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Links:
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/flying-foxes/living-near
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10697
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10697
https://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/flying-foxes.php
https://www.lgnsw.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/Flying-foxes/NSW_Flying-fox_Foraging_Habitat_Maps_Report.pdf
https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/flying-fox-law
https://www.aws.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flying_Fox_Article_June2010.pdf
Churchill, Sue, (2008) Australian Bats 2nd Edition. Jacana Books, Crows Nest, N.S.W.
Richards, Greg and Hall, Les, (2012) A Natural History of Australian Bats, Working the Night Shift. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Strahan, L. (Editor in Chief), (1983), The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife: The Complete Book of Australian Mammals, Angus and Robertson, Melbourne.
Van Dyck, Steve, Gynther, Ian. and Baker, Andrew. (2013) Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia, New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, N.S.W.
Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds), (1989). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 1B Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
Links:
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/native-animals/native-animal-facts/flying-foxes/living-near
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10697
https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10697
https://www.animalsaustralia.org/issues/flying-foxes.php
https://www.lgnsw.org.au/common/Uploaded%20files/Flying-foxes/NSW_Flying-fox_Foraging_Habitat_Maps_Report.pdf
https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/flying-fox-law
https://www.aws.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Flying_Fox_Article_June2010.pdf
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Photographic Contributions:
Beringen, Erik. C 842 - C 843 - C 844 - C 845 .
Lambert, Nick. L 142 - L 143.
Beringen, Erik. C 842 - C 843 - C 844 - C 845 .
Lambert, Nick. L 142 - L 143.