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Tim Pearson on Sydney's bats 2009

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Poppy Stockell
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City of Sydney Council

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Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying fox)

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Stockell, Poppy

City of Sydney Council

Bats

Sydney's evening skies contain flights of massed grey-headed flying foxes, the fruit bats that live in great numbers in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Gordon, Cabramatta and other pockets of bush across the city.

Animals

Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying fox)

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The grey-headed flying fox is a large native fruit bat that lives in large groups across Sydney and along the eastern coast of Australia. Listed as a vulnerable species as their numbers are declining due to clearing of their habitat.