Friday mystery object #494 answer

Last week I gave you this hansome critter to identify:

I thought that it might prove tricky, since as with most of the Dead Zoo specimens, it’s quite faded. However, Adam Yates recognised it straight off the bat (if you’ll excuse the pun),

This is a Grey-headed Flying Fox Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825, a species of fruitbat native to Southern Australia.

Normally I’d go through and point out some identification tips, or provide a bit of story about the animal, but after 4 years I have finally succumbed to Covid-19 and I just don’t have the energy or brain power for that today – my apologies!

Hopefully by next week I’ll be a little more with it! Stay safe folks.

4 thoughts on “Friday mystery object #494 answer

  1. Allen Hazen's avatar

    The CoViD variant I finally came down with three weeks ago produced a mid “acute: phase — about four days of cold-like symptoms — but is still leaving me with a lot of fatigue: the one thing friends and family recommend is “take it easy, don’t push it.” We like your blog A LOT, and will understand/forgive if for a few weeks you want to take a break.

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