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Insular flying fox

Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

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The insular flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 418.3 g to 510 g and live up to 7.07 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Insular flying fox (Pteropus tonganus)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the insular flying fox

Weight
418.3 g – 510 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.07 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
167 dayssrc for Gestation
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 insular 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 insular 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 insular flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is geographically widespread, the most widespread flying fox in the Pacific: it is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (where it is called pe'a fanua, pe'a fai and taulaga), the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

From the Wikipedia article “Insular flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Insular_flying_fox&oldid=1338993609), 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 insular flying fox endangered?

The insular 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 insular flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Insular flying-foxEnglish
  • Insular flying-foxEnglish
  • Pacific flying foxEnglish
  • Pacific flying foxEnglish
  • Pacific flying-foxEnglish
  • methoobwa
  • kaloň tongánskýCzech
  • Tonga-FlughundGerman
  • tyynenmerenlenkkoFinnish
  • Roussette de TongaFrench
  • Renard-volant du PacifiqueFrench
  • RoussetteFrench
  • Roussette Des Îles TongaFrench
  • Roussette du PacifiqueFrench
  • Volpe volante del PacificoItalian
  • トンガオオコウモリJapanese
  • 섬날여우박쥐Korean
  • 태평양날여우박쥐Korean
  • 통가날여우박쥐Korean
  • HvithalsflygehundNorwegian Bokmål
  • TongavleerhondDutch
  • Rudawka pacyficznaPolish
  • Тонганская летучая лисицаRussian
  • PekaTongan
  • 海島狐蝠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the insular 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 insular flying fox?

An adult insular flying fox weighs 418.3 g – 510 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the insular flying fox live?

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

Is the insular flying fox endangered?

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

How long does the insular flying fox live?

The insular flying fox has a recorded lifespan of 7.07 years.

How long is the insular flying fox pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 167 days.

What kind of animal is the insular flying fox?

The insular flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Insular flying fox (Pteropus tonganus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/insular-flying-fox

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{insular_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Insular flying fox (Pteropus tonganus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/insular-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}