Black Flying-fox
Pteropus alecto
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,112
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, Pteropus. The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black flying fox”.