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MatthewFrawley
wrote:
12 Jul 2025
Cool, thanks for the ID @
MPennay
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Pteropus alecto
MPennay
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12 Jul 2025
Not spectacled in NSW. Black flying foxes P.alecto also have these reddish face masks and are quite common
Pteropus alecto
MPennay
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28 May 2025
Batty and Betty are either Vespadelus vulturnus or V. regulus.
Both species look very similar and are among the smallest mammals in Australia.
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
LisaH
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27 May 2025
:))
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
HelenCross
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27 May 2025
Batty and Betty are very cute :)
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
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Pteropus scapulatus
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