Little red flying fox | |
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | |
Binomial name | |
Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862.[2] | |
Little red flying fox range (blue — native, brown — vagrant) |
Meet the little red flying fox, a bat with a wingspan of up to three feet. Its wings take a lot of work to maintain - and one missed approach while getting a drink can land this bat in the mouth of a crocodile.