Little red flying fox Little red flying fox The little red flying fox ("Pteropus scapulatus") is a species of megabat native to northern and eastern Australia. With a weight of , it is the smallest flying fox in mainland Australia (the others being the black, spectacled, and grey-headed flying foxes). It has the widest range of all the species, going much further inland than the larger fruit bats. Its diet primarily consists of nectar and pollen of eucalypt blossoms, the pollination of which it is largely responsible. The little red flying fox is nomadic, and can be found in large groups of up to
Guam flying fox a length of about , a wingspan of about , and a body weight of . It is very similar in appearance to the Chuuk flying fox ("Pteropus insularis"). The top of the head is greyish, the back, throat and underparts brown or dark brown and the side of the neck golden-brown. Little is known of the behaviour of this flying fox but it is likely to have fed on the fruits, flowers and foliage of evergreen shrubs and trees typical of the limestone forests that occur in the northern part of Guam. Nor is much known of its reproductive