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This gorgeous bat is a Spectacled flying-fox and their range is restricted to Queensland's northern wet tropical forests.
So named for the stunning straw coloured eye rings and responsible for pollination and the seed dispersal of at least 26 tree species, Speccie populations are in serious trouble and they have recently been nominated for an upgrade to Endangered status.
Producing only one baby per year, populations are slow to recover and Spectacled flying-foxes face attrition by entrapment on barbed wire, large aperture fruit tree netting, cyclones, habitat loss, pythons and paralysis ticks.
