- Common Blossom Bat
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Common Blossom-bat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Syconycteris Species: S. australis Binomial name Syconycteris australis
(Peters, 1867)
Common Blossom Bat range The Common Blossom-bat, Syconycteris australis, also known as the Southern Blossom-bat or Queensland Blossom-bat is a megabat 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. The Common Blossom-bat only enemy is the honeybee. 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 [1].
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