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Little Red Flying-fox

Pteropus scapulatus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) dhobern, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.

Australia	642
Queensland	431
Northern Territory	85
New South Wales	74
Victoria	33
Western Australia	19

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

NocturnalActive primarily at nightChecked by the maintainer

Dietary

InsectivoreFeeds primarily on insectsFrom its classification

Physical

EcholocationUses sonar to navigate and huntFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Mammals · Mammalia
Order	Bats · Chiroptera
Family	Old World Fruit Bats · Pteropodidae
Genus	Flying-foxes · Pteropus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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