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Flying fox (Pteropus) ID

Lied Jungle. August 5, 2017

Flying fox (Pteropus) ID
jayjds2, 23 Oct 2017
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    • hylianzoologist
      Im pretty sure those are Egyptian fruit bats
      6 Dec 2017
    • Chlidonias
      @hylianzoologist no, it's a Pteropus.

      @jayjds2 I don't think you'd be able to tell which one from that photo. Isn't Omaha supposed to have vampyrus?
      6 Dec 2017
    • jayjds2
      @hylianzoologist Egyptian fruit bats are kept in Lied, but they are much smaller and this is clearly a Pteropus.

      @Chlidonias Omaha keeps pumilus and giganteus in Kingdoms of the Night. This was the first time I’ve seen one in Lied, and it wasn’t signed, so that’s why I posted it. I doubted anyone would be able to ID it by photo, but was just looking for any information available. I imagine it could be a number of species.
      6 Dec 2017
    • Chlidonias
      okay, I'd seen the name "large flying fox" for Omaha so thought it referred to vampyrus.

      If it were one of those two species it would be giganteus (looks quite different to pumilus) - but it could easily be some other species.
      6 Dec 2017
    • bugboiben
      They're giganteus! There are 2 or 3 males in the Jungle while the females are in Kingdoms of the Night
      25 May 2018
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