Northern Blossom Bat
Northern Blossom Bat Pteropodidae Macroglossus Minimus hang roost palms bamboos mangroves trees monsoon forests
Northern Blossom Bat
The "Northern Blossom Bat" is in the Pteropodidae family with the scientific name. "Macroglossus minimus"The hang upside down, roosting that way, in palm trees, bamboos, mangroves, and trees in monsoon forests and rainforests; roosting alone or in small groups under loose bark, inside hollows or among leafy crowns and leaf bases.
They eat mainly nectar and pollen from eucalyptus trees, paperbark trees, bottlebrushes, lilli pillies and mangrove trees. In northeastern Queensland, Australia, they also eat fruit and leaves.
They are important to the pollination of many native Australian plants. In fact, they appear to pollinate commercially grown durian trees.
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