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Ornate flying fox

Pteropus ornatus Gray, 1870

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The ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 330 g to 336.2 g and live up to 10.3 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the ornate flying fox

Weight
330 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
10.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
188 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
0.98src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.07 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the ornate 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 ornate 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the ornate flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened due to habitat destruction and hunting, the former exacerbated by high roost-site fidelity.

From the Wikipedia article “Ornate flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ornate_flying_fox&oldid=1384639853), 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 ornate flying fox endangered?

The ornate flying fox is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the ornate flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus ornatus Gray, 1870
Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Ornate flying fox.English
  • Ornate flying-foxEnglish
  • methoobwa
  • kaloň novokaledonskýCzech
  • SchmuckflughundGerman
  • Neukaledonischer FlughundGerman
  • Περίτεχνη Ιπτάμενη ΑλεπούGreek
  • Zorro Volador De Las Islas De La LealSpanish
  • loyaultesaartenlenkkoFinnish
  • Roussette RousseFrench
  • Volpe volante ornataItalian
  • ハレギオオコウモリJapanese
  • 붉은날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka ozdobnaPolish
  • витиеватая летучая лисицаRussian
  • 麗狐蝠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the ornate 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 ornate flying fox?

An adult ornate flying fox weighs 330 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the ornate flying fox live?

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

Is the ornate flying fox endangered?

The ornate flying fox is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the ornate flying fox live?

The ornate flying fox has a recorded lifespan of 10.3 years.

How long is the ornate flying fox pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 188 days.

What kind of animal is the ornate flying fox?

The ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus) 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). Ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ornate-flying-fox

MLA

“Ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ornate-flying-fox.

BibTeX
@misc{ornate_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Ornate flying fox (Pteropus ornatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ornate-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}