Little Red Flying-fox
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 Little Red Flying-foxes at Wellington Zoo
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| Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862 |
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 Australian distribution of P.scapulatus
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The Little Red Flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) is a small bat native to Australia and New Zealand. Its diet primarily consists of nectar and pollen of Eucalypt blossoms, the pollination of which it is largely responsible. The Little Red Flying-fox is nomadic, and can be found in large groups of up to a million individuals.
[edit] References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Pteropus scapulatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
