Common Blossom-bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Syconycteris Species: S. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands For other uses of the term "Flying fox" see Flying fox (disambiguation Megabats is the term used informally to refer to bats UserPolbot. --> Syconycteris is a genus of Bat in the Pteropodidae family australis
Binomial name
Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867)

The Common Blossom-bat, Syconycteris australis also known as the Southern Blossom-bat or Queensland Blossom-bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. For other uses of the term "Flying fox" see Flying fox (disambiguation Megabats is the term used informally to refer to bats

The Common Blossom-bat feeds mostly on nectar and pollen rather than fruit. They are only 60mm long, most likely to aid them in collecting pollen and nectar. S. australis change roosts daily unlike many of the larger species. It is one of eight Pteropodidae species in Australia. It is the smallest fruit bat.

Distribution of S. australis

References

• Law, B. S. , 1993 ‘Roosting and Foraging Ecology of the Queensland Blossom Bat (syconycteris australis) in North-eastern New South Wales: Flexibility Response to Seasonal Variation’, Vol. 20, pp. 419-31.
• DEC 2005, Eastern Tube-nosed Bat – profile, department of environment and conservation, accessed 7 September 2006 from <http://threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/>.