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MatthewFrawley wrote:
1 hr ago
Cool, thanks for the ID @MPennay 👍
Pteropus alecto
rachelinej wrote:
1 hr ago
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)
mahargiani wrote:
2 hrs ago
more likely Diplodium ampliatum? Have observed them in this immediate area.
Speculantha rubescens
MPennay wrote:
4 hrs ago
Not spectacled in NSW. Black flying foxes P.alecto also have these reddish face masks and are quite common
Pteropus alecto
PJH123 wrote:
11 hrs ago
@WendyEM You are probably correct, I have looked at the barcodes, marginalis is in 5 bins and looks like it only reaches into southern QLD and probably not the real marginalis. E. niphobola on the other hand has its type from Townsville. It fits into 4 Bins one of which (from NSW) coincides with one of the marginalis bins; a second bin has 2 specimens from South Australia; a third bin with 2 specimens one from S.E.QLD the other from Victoria and the fourth bin with 8 specimens are all from Townsville, from the one area by the late Graeme Cocks (these may be the true niphobola based on type location). So mine may well be niphobola based on its location. BOLD also has a E, niphobola PS1 in a bin of its own from the NT and a E. niphobola PS2 in a bin of its own from S.E.QLD
Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)

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