[xcamel]

I knew I remembered the Tasman Fruit Bat (And the Maori) from somewhere long ago...And here it is...

http://books.google.com/books?id=Da6ySizodsAC&printsec=frontcover

Not a complete reference, but enough.

[gungadin]

Hmmmm... New Zealand only has only two native fruit bats but they appear to be rare. I have never seen one and don't know of anyone who has. Little is known about them as they seem to be few in number. I would guess many that live here would be surprised to know that there are even bats in NZ. Apparently, also, early Maoris in NZ associated them with death so would never have kept them as pets.

I think your link is referring to the Tasmanian (as distinct from Tanzanian) fruit bat (1200 miles across the ocean over in Australia).