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Dwarf flying fox

Pteropus woodfordi Thomas, 1888

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The dwarf flying fox (Pteropus woodfordi) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 119.3 g to 122.7 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the dwarf flying fox

Weight
119.3 g – 122.7 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
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the dwarf 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 dwarf flying fox is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the dwarf flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The dwarf flying fox, least flying fox, or least fruit bat (Pteropus woodfordi) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is threatened by deforestation, which is believed to damage roosting sites in old growth forests.

From the Wikipedia article “Dwarf flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dwarf_flying_fox&oldid=1314057555), 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 dwarf flying fox endangered?

The dwarf flying fox is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the dwarf flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus woodfordi Thomas, 1888
Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Dwarf flying fox.English
  • Dwarf flying-foxEnglish
  • Least flying foxEnglish
  • Least flying foxEnglish
  • Least flying-foxEnglish
  • Least flying-foxEnglish
  • Least fruit batEnglish
  • Least fruit batEnglish
  • kaloň ThomasůvCzech
  • ZwergflughundGerman
  • Zorro Volador De WoodfordSpanish
  • pikkulenkkoFinnish
  • Volpe volante nanaItalian
  • ソロモンヒメオオコウモリJapanese
  • 난쟁이날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka najmniejszaPolish
  • Летучая лисица ВудфордаRussian
  • Cüce KanatayakTurkish
  • 伍氏狐蝠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the dwarf flying fox

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dwarf flying fox?

An adult dwarf flying fox weighs 119.3 g – 122.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the dwarf flying fox live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dwarf flying fox for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the dwarf flying fox endangered?

The dwarf flying fox is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the dwarf flying fox?

The dwarf flying fox (Pteropus woodfordi) 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). Dwarf flying fox (Pteropus woodfordi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-flying-fox

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BibTeX
@misc{dwarf_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Dwarf flying fox (Pteropus woodfordi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}