About this flag

Black Flying Fox

• Element 1: Emblem

  Reproductive - mate in Autumn

  Males and females mate in autumn with a single young born in spring.

• Element 2: Pattern

  Behaviour - seed dispersers

  Flying-foxes create new forests by dispersing seeds from the fruit they eat. Flying up to 60km a night between food trees and their camp, they maintain the genetic diversity of native trees and reforest gaps in habitat. As the climate changes, this ecosystem service will become increasingly important to facilitate the flow of adaptive genes between trees and revegetate cleared land.