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Flying Fox -
Vliegende Hond
-
Pteropus species

Image ID:
1724
Date: 
11/07/2011
Location: 
Nimbokrang,
Swamp Forest,
West Papua
Description: 

The species is very probably Pteropus neohibernicus, the Greater Flying Fox, but the identification has still to be checked with a specialist.
Every evening large groups of Flying Foxes were leaving their roosts in the rainforest and were flying over Jalan Korea. This evening, with a full moon, we saw hundreds of these huge bats flying over our campsite, which was a very spectacular sight.
Some of the impressive flying foxes came down to feed on fruit along Jalan Korea, such as this individual.

Keywords: 
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night |
feeding |
eating |
fruit |
fig |
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rainforest |
tropical rainforest |
lowland rainforest |
swamp forest |
alluvial forest |
Jalan Korea |
Nimbokrang |
West Papua |
Indonesia |
New Guinea |
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laagland |
regenwoud |
laaglandregenwoud |
tropisch regenwoud |
alluviaal bos |
moerasbos |
ete |
voedsel |
vijg |
nacht
Category: 
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Image type: 
Digital
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