This was the second individual of this species ever collected.
And - unless the pickled body of this guy has since been photographed, or another individual found and photographed - I own the only photos in existence of this uncommon little species.
And - unless the pickled body of this guy has since been photographed, or another individual found and photographed - I own the only photos in existence of this uncommon little species.
did you know that if you search for "Syconycteris hobbit" on Google Images your photo is currently used on three other websites?
I think you may have answered this elsewhere but I can't remember, what was the story behind your New Guinea trip?
EDIT: I should have finished looking through the photos again! I found the answer to my second question on the other bat photo, namely: "It was an Australian Museum expedition in April of 1986. There were several species of these tube-nosed bats found up in the mountains, and our team leader was quite interested in them (but more interested in tree Kangaroos!). We used mist nets to get most of the bats. Local people would occassionally catch things for us too."
I found them interesting, but apparently the vast bulk of Zoochatters did not. Most of the photos I uploaded from PNG disappeared in The Great Purge of 2010.
I found them interesting, but apparently the vast bulk of Zoochatters did not. Most of the photos I uploaded from PNG disappeared in The Great Purge of 2010.
