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Masked flying fox

Pteropus personatus Temminck, 1825

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The masked flying fox (Pteropus personatus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 127.5 g to 130.8 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 masked flying fox

Weight
127.5 g – 130.8 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
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the masked 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 masked 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 masked flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The masked flying fox, Moluccan masked flying fox or masked fruit bat (Pteropus personatus), is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It is part of a species complex of closely related species. The species is hunted.

From the Wikipedia article “Masked flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masked_flying_fox&oldid=1340317178), 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 masked flying fox endangered?

The masked 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 masked flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus personatus Temminck, 1825
Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Masked fruit batEnglish
  • Masked fruit batEnglish
  • Moluccan masked flying foxEnglish
  • Moluccan masked flying foxEnglish
  • Moluccan masked flying-foxEnglish
  • kaloň škraboškovýCzech
  • MaskenflughundGerman
  • Zorro Volador EnmascaradoSpanish
  • naamiolenkkoFinnish
  • Volpe volante mascherata delle moluccheItalian
  • マスクオオコウモリJapanese
  • 가면날여우박쥐Korean
  • 말루쿠과일박쥐Korean
  • 말루쿠날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka zamaskowanaPolish
  • Raposa-Voadora-mascaradaPortuguese
  • Масковая летучая лисицаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the masked 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 masked flying fox?

An adult masked flying fox weighs 127.5 g – 130.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the masked flying fox live?

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

Is the masked flying fox endangered?

The masked 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 masked flying fox?

The masked flying fox (Pteropus personatus) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Masked flying fox (Pteropus personatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/masked-flying-fox

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“Masked flying fox (Pteropus personatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/masked-flying-fox.

BibTeX
@misc{masked_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Masked flying fox (Pteropus personatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/masked-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}