15K views · 674 reactions | Project Pteropus is one of five recipients of BCI's Grassroots Grants program! This project will study the interactions between the small flying-fox, Pteropus hypomelanus, and the plants and people of a Malaysian offshore island called Tioman. This island holds the last remaining permanent roosts of this locally threatened species! | Bat Conservation International | Facebook

3K views · 76 reactions | Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus...

Spoooooky! The Large Flying Fox, #Pteropus vampyrus is one of the largest #bat species in the world, a cute furry flyer endangered across its southeast Asian environment as it is consumed as bushmeat, killed because it eats fruit in orchards, and is rapidly losing habitat thanks to deforestation. With a near 5’ wingspan and weighing 2 lbs, they grace the skies at dusk with their presence. They lack echolocation, but eating fruit doesn’t require super sonar, simply great eyesight, which it has in