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Chuuk fruit bat

Pteropus pelagicus Kittlitz in Lutké, 1836

Status not recordedbats

The chuuk fruit bat (Pteropus pelagicus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera.

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Quick facts about the chuuk fruit bat

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chuuk fruit bat live?

Not recorded

Is the chuuk fruit bat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chuuk fruit bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus pelagicus Kittlitz in Lutké, 1836

Synonyms Pteropus insularis phaeocephalus, Pteropus phaeocephalus

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Caroline Islands flying foxEnglish
  • Carolines fruit batEnglish
  • Chuuk flying foxEnglish
  • Chuuk flying-foxEnglish
  • Mortlock flying foxEnglish
  • Mortlock fruit batEnglish
  • Mortlock Islands flying foxEnglish
  • Ruck flying foxEnglish
  • Ruck flying-foxEnglish
  • Truk flying foxEnglish
  • kaloň mikronéskýCzech
  • Chuuk-FlughundGerman
  • Zorro volador de ChuukSpanish
  • chuuklaguuninlenkkoFinnish
  • Roussette DesFrench
  • Volpe volante di ChuukItalian
  • ムナジロオオコウモリJapanese
  • Rudawka wyspowaPolish
  • Mortlock-FlughundGerman
  • mortlocksaartenlenkkoFinnish
  • Roussette de ChuukFrench
  • Roussette Des Îles ChuukFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chuuk fruit bat

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the chuuk fruit bat?

The chuuk fruit bat (Pteropus pelagicus) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chuuk fruit bat (Pteropus pelagicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chuuk-fruit-bat

MLA

“Chuuk fruit bat (Pteropus pelagicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chuuk-fruit-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{chuuk_fruit_bat_2026,
  title = {Chuuk fruit bat (Pteropus pelagicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chuuk-fruit-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}