Chien Lee / Minden / Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) female, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar
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Niall Benvie / Indian flying fox {Pteropus giganteus} captive USA
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) feeding on pink Eucalyptus blossom, Olinda, Australia, February. Rescued animal in controlled conditions.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) feeding on red Eucalyptus blossom, Olinda, Australia, February. Rescued animal in controlled conditions.
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Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of two Grey long eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) flying, leaving roost in barn to go hunting, Devon, UK. The Grey long eared bat is one of the UK's rarest mammals.
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Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Soprano pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) crawling out of roost in barn roof and flying away, Devon, UK.
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Neil Aldridge / A lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) flying over grassland habitat at night. Devon, UK.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), orphaned female pup sucking on a dummy, cradled on "mamma roll"; and in hand of wildlife carer. Black Rock Animal Shelter, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Victor...
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Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on a banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Two Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Orange Nectar Bat (Lonchophylla robusta), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Brown tent-making bats (Uroderma magnirostrum) roosting under a palm leaf, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Flowering banana (Musa ornata), Lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from Calabash gourd flower (Crescentia cujete) , lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued bats (Glossophaga soricina) feeding from banana flower, lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Pallas's long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) feeding on Clock vine (Thunbergia mysorensis), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Guy Edwardes / Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) feeding on Little clamshell orchid (Prosthechea cochleata), lowland rainforest, Costa Rica. November.
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Doug Gimesy / Wildlife carer Julie Malherbe looking after three recently orphaned Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in her home whilst simultaneously taking phone calls to manage the next wildlife r...
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Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43 degreesC, in a desperate search for somewhere coole...
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Fred Olivier / Two Black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto) venting in a tree, Ord river, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia.
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David Woodfall / Lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in magnesium mine, Shropshire, England, UK, April.
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Robert Valentic / Short-nosed fruit-bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) roosting, Ko Chang Island, Thailand.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Aerial view of Miombo woodland, Niassa Reserve, Mozambique. Photographed from a Bat Hawk light aircraft. November 2011.
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Phil Savoie / White tent making bat (Ectophylla alba) roosting in Heleconia leaf, La Selva Field Station, Costa Rica.
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Paul Hobson / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp), three nectaring on flower. Costa Rica.
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Paul Hobson / Leaf-nosed bat (Phyllostomidae sp) flying towards Banana (Musa sp) flower to feed. Costa Rica.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying from roosting tree at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) catching a Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) leaving roost site, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
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Piotr Naskrecki / Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) close up of teeth. Codzo Caves, Mazamba, Sofala, Mozambique. Controlled conditions
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Piotr Naskrecki / Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) close up of teeth. Codzo Caves, Mazamba, Sofala, Mozambique. Controlled conditions
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Nick Hawkins / Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) exiting cave, Costa Rica, March 2014.
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Nick Hawkins / Common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) roosting in cave, Costa Rica.
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Huw Cordey / Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) emerging from Bracken Cave, Texas. Over 15 million bats are thought to live in this cave, making it the greatest concentration of mammals on the planet...
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Alex Hyde / Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) roosting in cave. Croatia. November.
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Alex Hyde / Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) roosting in cave. Croatia. November.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting with baby, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Image...
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying around and roosting in trees, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. December. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terr...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...