Fijian Mastiff Bat

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Fijian mastiff bat

These are micro-bats that use sonar to find their food (echolocation). They eat insects and can be seen flying around to catch  them in coconut groves, on farmland, in forests and even over the sea, near to the coast. They are found on Malo and Santo but their biggest population is in Fiji. Not very much is know about them. They roost in large  numbers often thousands, inside caves. They breed seasonally with the young being born around December.