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Flying fox (Pteropus) ID

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Lied Jungle. August 5, 2017
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@hylianzoologist Egyptian fruit bats are kept in Lied, but they are much smaller and this is clearly a Pteropus.

@Chlidonias Omaha keeps pumilus and giganteus in Kingdoms of the Night. This was the first time I’ve seen one in Lied, and it wasn’t signed, so that’s why I posted it. I doubted anyone would be able to ID it by photo, but was just looking for any information available. I imagine it could be a number of species.
 
okay, I'd seen the name "large flying fox" for Omaha so thought it referred to vampyrus.

If it were one of those two species it would be giganteus (looks quite different to pumilus) - but it could easily be some other species.
 
They're giganteus! There are 2 or 3 males in the Jungle while the females are in Kingdoms of the Night
 

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Canon Canon PowerShot SX520 HS
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ƒ/5.6
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89.5 mm
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1/125 second(s)
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320
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Sat, 05 August 2017 2:02 AM
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