#0492 · 🦊 mammals

Spectacled Flying-fox

Pteropus conspicillatus

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © liznoble · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © David White · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David White · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Michael Hawk · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © David White · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kahunapule Michael Johnson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Kahunapule Michael Johnson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Joseph Morlan · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The spectacled flying fox ( Pteropus conspicillatus ), also known as the spectacled fruit bat , is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, Alcester Island, Kiriwina, and Halmahera.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,886iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,886 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Gould in 1850 (176 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.