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I have classed this article as B owing to the fairly large amount of information in it which is all quite informative. However, this article definitely needs to be divided into subheadings and also needs to have all instances of "grey-headed flying fox" capitalised. Frickeg 05:36, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Substituted at 18:20, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

Adults have an average wingspan up to 1 m (3.3 ft)... [an average up to is confusing - doesn't make sense

Adults have an average wingspan up to 1 m (3.3 ft) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.76.237.57 (talk) 11:03, 3 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What does this sentence mean?

This is the last sentence in the "Threats" section:

"The impact of indiscriminate shooting of bats has resulted in the species being declared vulnerable to extinction, to the tree species that relied on them for regeneration, the subsequent alteration to the forest ecology of the eastern states"

It doesn't parse, and what about the tree species that relied on them? I guess those trees died off?

Also, a general observation: This article is full of comma splices and subject-verb disagreements. I've fixed several, but I'm unlikely to take the time to find them all. Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:54, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Need to update the distribution map

The distribution map should be updated to show Adelaide as the western-most part of their range. They setup camp in Adelaide in 2010, and have been there ever since. DONE NOW. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hefree2 (talk • contribs) 13:37, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Leucism in bats

Can we mention Tal'ngai Dha'run in this article? He has since passed away. Or should we just mention that leucism has been found in bats and post an image of him? There has been other species of bats that have shown leucism, a different genetic condition than albinism. Tal'ngai Dha'run was a grey-headed leucistic flying fox. He became pretty popular:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-10/rare-white-flying-fox-rescued-in-south-east-queensland/8171898

Battykin (talk) 18:43, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Battykin, I'd be pretty surprised if any images of him were compatible with Wikipedia's licensing requirements, but I haven't checked. It might be undue weight/out of scope to mention that at least one leucistic individual has been documented. Ideally we'd have more broad coverage about all types of pigment disorders, the rate of pigment disorders...I don't think the information is there to add encyclopedic coverage of pigmentation disorders in this species. Enwebb (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Enwebb Okay, I understand. I just thought since he made the "news" as being a rare find in this particular species, it might be worth a mention, but if it's not enough to be mentioned, then I understand. Thanks for the reply! Battykin (talk) 19:00, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomadic?

"One grey-headed flying fox was tracked travelling 12,337 kilometres in a criss-cross pattern between Melbourne and central Queensland, according to a new study that challenges a conventional belief that flying foxes remain in one local roost." per ^[1]

References

^ "Researchers discover flying foxes are much more nomadic than first thought" , ABC Capricornia / By Inga Stünzner. Posted Thursday 27 August 2020 at 10:55am, Retrieved 13 November 2020

[1] "Researchers discover flying foxes are much more nomadic than first thought" , ABC Capricornia / By Inga Stünzner. Posted Thursday 27 August 2020 at 10:55am, Retrieved 13 November 2020

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