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MatthewFrawley wrote:
Yesterday
Cool, thanks for the ID @MPennay 👍
Pteropus alecto
rachelinej wrote:
Yesterday
Hi Don. Sorry for the slow reply. Unfortunately I don't have a photo. I was driving at the time. I did need to slow down to let the deer cross, but I wasn't in a position to take a photo or pull over to do so.

I did do some research online about what type it could be, so I'm aware it would have been a fallow or sambar. Given I didn't have photo verification and it was dark, I couldn't be certain of species, so I reported it as a general deer sighting.

It was night time, so not great lighting, but my best guess is that it was a sambar. The coat was dark brown with a uniform colourings. The antlers were thin rather than flattened. I recalled seeing what looked like white stripes on the underside of the tail (they may have seemed like stripes because of the angle/shadows, but there was definitely white). That's about the best I can do!

I've just realized that the coordinates didn't come up in the right spot in my original post. The sighting was more like -35.3083574, 149.1281042 if you're able to update.
Cervidae (family)
MPennay wrote:
Yesterday
Not spectacled in NSW. Black flying foxes P.alecto also have these reddish face masks and are quite common
Pteropus alecto
HelenCross wrote:
10 Jul 2025
A bonus! And good to have images of the species on NatureMapr now
Petrogale mareeba
Clarel wrote:
10 Jul 2025
Thanks Helen, that explains why they jumped over to us. Was nice to see them up close.
Petrogale mareeba

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