
100,000 Little Red Flying Foxes
100,000 Little Red Flying-foxes return to roost as the sun rises over the tiny outback town of Duaringa. A keystone species of Australia, flying foxes play an ecologically paramount role in the region as forest pollinators. Naturally nomadic, Little Reds follow the flowering eucalypt as it seasonally blossoms across Australia.

The little red flying fox is a species of megabat native to northern and eastern Australia. With a weight of 280–530 grams it is the smallest flying fox in mainland Australia .
Similar species: Bats

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Uploaded Apr 17, 2014. Captured in LOT 20 Capricorn Highway, Duaringa QLD 4712, Australia.
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