Black flying fox Black flying fox The black flying fox or black fruit bat ("Pteropus alecto") is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, "Pteropus". The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species. Juvenile specimens of this species from Moa Island in Torres Strait have been described as a separate species, "Pteropus banakrisi". This supposed species was known as the "Torresian flying fox" or "Moa Island fruit bat". The black flying fox has
Grey-headed flying fox Grey-headed flying fox The grey-headed flying fox ("Pteropus poliocephalus") is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus "Pteropus": the little red flying fox ("P. scapulatus"), the spectacled flying fox ("P. conspicillatus"), and the black flying fox ("P. alecto"). The grey-headed flying fox is endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia, principally east of the Great Dividing Range. Its range extends approximately from Bundaberg in Queensland to Geelong in Victoria, with outlying colonies in Ingham and Finch Hatton in the north, and in Adelaide in the south. In the southern