Flying Foxes, Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia
Leslie Hall ,
Greg Richards ,
0868405612, UNSW Press, December 2000, 160pp, PB , 240x175mm
Price: $39.95
The first illustrated guide dedicated to Australia's thirteen species of Megachiroptera. These mega bats do not comply with standard bat stereotypes: while they are nocturnal, they live in forests rather than caves, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, and their long snouts and eyes give them a canine-like look - hence the description of flying foxes. The book conatins superb colour photographs, including many by acclaimed wildlife photographer, Theo Allofs, and line drawings by Louise Saunders.