Common Blossom-bat

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

The Common Blossom-bat, Syconycteris australis also known as the Southern Blossom-bat or Queensland Blossom-bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.

The Common Blossom-bat 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 unlike many of the larger species. It is one of eight Pteropodidae species in Australia.It is the smallest fruit bat.

Distribution of S.australis
Distribution of S.australis

[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/>.
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