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| | Scientific name: Pteropus poliocephalus
Size: 23 - 28cm
Status: Abundant
Diet: Flowers and fruit of native or cultivated trees.
Habitat: Tropical and sub-tropical rainforests, monsoon forest, wet sclerophyll forest and mangroves.
Breeding: Matting takes place in March and April with a single young born in October.
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| | Grey-headed Flying Fox
  This is the largest of the Australian bats with a wingspan up to 1.3 metres The fly-by-night traveller..
Despiete their wings, bats are not related to birds but are actually the only mammals that can fly.
Their wings are made of thin skin and can span a metere. Their wings are actually modified forelimbs with long, thin fingers and thumbs. Fruit is undoubtedly their favourite food. |
