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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Black Flying Fox | Pteropus alecto |
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The largest of the four species of Flying-fox in Australia. Also known as Gould's or Black Fruit-bat. Daytime roosting "camps" may contain hundreds of thousands of individuals, which disperse to feed at night. |
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Prefers the blossoms of eucalypts, paperbarks and turpentines, but will also eat introduced blossoms and cultivated fruit. Fruit bats are responsible for pollinating a wide variety of native flowering plants. |
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| Mating occurs in March-April. A single young (usually born in October) is carried by the mother for about one month. Although young can fly when about two months of age, they do not leave the camp until around three months old. | |
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Prefers to roost amongst dense leaf-cover, high in the branches of mangrove and paperbark swamps. |
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