Common Blossom-bat

Taxobox
name = Common Blossom-bat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Syconycteris"
species = "S. australis"
binomial = "Syconycteris australis"
binomial_authority = (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.

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 .