Spectacled Flying Fox, Pteropus conspicillatus, Cairns, Australia

Spectacled Flying Fox, Pteropus conspicillatus, Cairns, Australia

Electrocution burn banding to wing of male black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) on a power line fatality, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Damaged left wing, specifically Plagiopatagium, of black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) following barbed wire entanglement, Clothiers Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Euthanased female grey headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) with self mutilation injuries, Midginbil, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Two flying-foxes in care, juvenile male little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) and adult female black fying-fox (Pteropus alecto), Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

ABBBS (Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme) identification thumb band on black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) fitted prior to release, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) roosting in tree, Uki, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Dehydrated female black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) being offered fluids via syringe, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Female black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) in care following barbed wire entanglement, Hopkins Creek, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Damaged right wing, specifically Plagiopatagium, of male black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto) following barbed wire entanglement, Cudgen, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Unviable damage to right wing of grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) following barbed wire entanglement, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Fruit Bat or Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) resting by hanging upside down on a branch

Egyptian Fruit Bat or Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with juvenile, native to Africa and the Arabian peninsula, in captivity, Germany, Europe

Fruit Bat or Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) resting by hanging upside down on a branch

Egyptian Fruit Bat or Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with juvenile, native to Africa and the Arabian peninsula, in captivity, Germany, Europe

Straw-coloured Fruit Bats (Eidolon helvum), in flight at first light, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Straw-coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum), in flight at sunrise, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Megabat (Pteropus medius), in flight, Kuramathi, Maldives, Asia

Fruit bat (Pteropus medius), Kuramathi, Maldives, Asia

Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius), eats fruit, Kuramathi, Maldives, Asia

Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius), eats fruit, Kuramathi, Maldives, Asia

Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) sleeping, Kuramathi, Maldives, Asia

Megabat Or Fruit Bat Holding A Fruit In Bali Bird Park, Batubulan, Bali, Indonesia

Mauritian flying fox;Pteropus niger) hanging from a palm tree, Mauritius