Black Flying-fox
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The Black Flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. It has short black hair with a contrasting reddish brown mantel with a mean forearm length of 164 mm and a mean weight of 710 grams. This species had been known to travel up to 50 km a night in search of food. It is one of only eight pteropodids in Australia
[edit] References
- HERGE (2005). The Henipavirus Ecology Collaborative Research Group. Retrieved September 7, 2006.
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