Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Flying Fox

Pteropus

Description:

Flying foxes feed only on fruit, blossoms, nectar, and pollen and do not possess echolocation. Their sense of smell and sight are well-developed.

Habitat:

Flying foxes live in the tropics Australia, East Africa, Asia and many remote islands in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

4 Comments

Stephanie R.
Stephanie R. 8 years ago

Thank you Lauren! Just think how great your back would feel after spending a night hanging from your feet:-)

Stephanie R.
Stephanie R. 8 years ago

I knew you would really like these guys when I saw them! You will just have to take a trip to Fiji to see them;-)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 8 years ago

Lovely pictures. What a delicious way to sleep.

beaker98
beaker98 8 years ago

One of my favorites from your trip! I'm jealous😀

Stephanie R.
Spotted by
Stephanie R.

Western Division, Fiji

Spotted on Jul 1, 2015
Submitted on Mar 15, 2016

Related Spottings

Flying Fox Flying Fox Lyle's Flying Fox bat

Nearby Spottings

Scarlet Robin Spotting Collared Lory Many-coloured Fruit Dove

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team