Australian Black Flying Fox (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Australian Black Flying Fox

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The Australian black flying fox is a reservoir of Hendra virus, which can be transmitted to horses and sometimes humans.

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Photo courtesy of Linfa Wang, Duke University

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