Flying foxes

A variety of large bat, the flying fox makes its home amid brambles or in the tops of dense, partially-submerged trees of the coastal wetlands. They are most common in the marshes and scrublands of the East, although a few smaller varieties make their homes in Rhûn and one group lives in southern Eriador.

Unlike most bats, the flying fox thrives in daylight, having good eyesight and a refined sense of smell. Using its long snout, it hunts rodents in the scrub and bites wild berries which might elude its more flatfaced cousins.

The flying fox is considered synonymous with evil magic in many areas of eastern Middle-earth.