
ANI014-00078
A grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) at the Australian Bat Clinic. Bats act as pollinators and seed dispensers, however bats are in serious decline around Australia largely due to entanglement in fruit tree netting.
Keywords
- Australia
- bat
- bat clinic
- black background
- Close-up
- copy space
- flying fox
- front view
- gray headed flying fox
- grey-headed flying fox
- mammal
- Photo Ark
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- rare
- studio shot
- upside-down
- vulnerable
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.