Dusky flying fox
Pteropus brunneus Dobson, 1878
The dusky flying fox (Pteropus brunneus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh about 200 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Extinct.
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Quick facts about the dusky flying fox
- Weight
- 200 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Extinct (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the dusky flying fox live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The dusky flying fox is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the dusky flying fox?
Pteropus brunneus is an extinct species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It was said to be found at Percy Island, southeast of Mackay, Queensland, off the northeast coast of Australia.
From the Wikipedia article “Pteropus brunneus” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pteropus_brunneus&oldid=1384665134), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the dusky flying fox endangered?
The dusky flying fox is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List: it no living individuals remain.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Extinct species.
How is the dusky flying fox classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusPteropus
- SpeciesPteropus brunneus Dobson, 1878
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Dusky flying fox.English
- Percy island flying foxEnglish
- Percy island flying foxEnglish
- kaloň večerníCzech
- Zorro Volador De Las Islas PercySpanish
- percysaartenlenkkoFinnish
- モアオオコウモリJapanese
- Rudawka ciemnaPolish
Relatives of the dusky flying fox
Other species in the same genus Pteropus.
Large flying fox
Pteropus vampyrus
Giant fruit bat
Pteropus medius
Livingstone's fruit bat
Pteropus livingstonii
Mariana fruit bat
Pteropus mariannus
Rodrigues flying fox
Pteropus rodricensis
Samoa flying fox
Pteropus samoensis
CompareDusky flying fox vs Large flying foxDusky flying fox vs Giant fruit batDusky flying fox vs Livingstone's fruit batDusky flying fox vs Mariana fruit bat
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dusky flying fox?
An adult dusky flying fox weighs 200 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the dusky flying fox live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the dusky flying fox for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the dusky flying fox endangered?
The dusky flying fox is listed as Extinct on the IUCN Red List, meaning it no living individuals remain.
What kind of animal is the dusky flying fox?
The dusky flying fox (Pteropus brunneus) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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