Spectacled flying fox
A species of Fruit bats Scientific name : Pteropus conspicillatus Genus : Fruit bats
Spectacled flying fox, A species of Fruit bats
Botanical name: Pteropus conspicillatus
Genus: Fruit bats
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Description
The head and body length is 22–25 cm, forearm 16–18 cm, weight 400–1000 g. A large spectacled flying fox has pale yellow or straw-colored fur around its eyes. The mantle is pale yellow and goes across the back, neck, and shoulders. Some have pale yellow fur on the face and top of the head.
Size
22 - 25 cm
Life Expectancy
12-15 years (wilds), 12-30 years (captivity)
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Spectacled flying fox's diet consists of rainforest fruits, flowers from riparian zones, and particularly favors flora from Myrtaceae and Moraceae families. They forage by flying and exhibit a preference for certain plants, indicative of specialized dietary adaptations.
Habitat
Forest dwellers, rainforests, middle and upper canopy strata in the full sun, mangroves, paperbark, eucalypt forests
Dite type
Frugivorous
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Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Behavior
Spectacled flying fox is a sociable, nocturnal creature, existing in large colonies. It forages at night, consuming fruit and nectar, making significant contributions to seed dispersal and pollination in its ecosystem. Typically non-aggressive, spectacled flying fox employs scent marking for establishing territory while occasional visual displays and vocalizations occur during disputes.
Photo By Shek Graham , used under CC-BY-SA-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Mammals Order
Bats Family
Megabats Genus
Fruit bats Species
Spectacled flying fox