Common Blossom-bat

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iCommon Blossom-bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Syconycteris Species: S. australis
Binomial name
Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867)

Syconycteris australis or the common or Queensland Blossom-bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. S.australis feeds mostly on nectar and pollen rather than fruit. They are only 60mm long, most likely to aid them in collecting pollen and nectar. S.australis change roosts daily as opposed to many of the larger species. It is one of eight Pteropodidae species in Australia.

[edit] References

• Law, B.S., 1993 ‘Roosting and Foraging Ecology of the Queensland Blossom Bat (syconycteris australis) in North-eastern New South Wales: Flexibility Response to Seasonal Variation’, Vol. 20, pp. 419-31.

• DEC 2005, Eastern Tube-nosed Bat – profile, department of environment and conservation, accessed 7 September 2006 from <http://threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/>.