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Seram flying fox

Pteropus ocularis Peters, 1867

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The seram flying fox (Pteropus ocularis) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 220 g to 228.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the seram flying fox

Weight
220 g – 228.8 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
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the seram 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 seram 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 seram flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Seram flying fox (Pteropus ocularis) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the mountainous forests of two of the Maluku Islands, Buru and Seram, including the Manusela National Park on Seram. They were once present on the nearby Ambon Island, but probably not anymore. The habitat has an area of less than 20,000 km2 (7,700 mi2), and is decreasing due to logging. For this reason, and because of hunting by the local population, these species are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN since 1996.

From the Wikipedia article “Seram flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram_flying_fox&oldid=1379828607), 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 seram flying fox endangered?

The seram 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.

How is the seram flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus ocularis Peters, 1867
Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Ceram flying foxEnglish
  • Ceram fruit batEnglish
  • Ceram fruit batEnglish
  • Moluccan spectacled flying foxEnglish
  • Moluccan spectacled flying foxEnglish
  • Seram flying-foxEnglish
  • Seram flying-foxEnglish
  • kaloň seramskýCzech
  • Seram-FlughundGerman
  • Zorro Volador De Las Isla CeramSpanish
  • seramsaarenlenkkoFinnish
  • Volpe volante dagli occhiali di SeramItalian
  • セラムオオコウモリJapanese
  • 스람과일박쥐Korean
  • 스람날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka seramskaPolish
  • Церамская летучая лисицаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the seram 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 seram flying fox?

An adult seram flying fox weighs 220 g – 228.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the seram flying fox live?

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

Is the seram flying fox endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the seram flying fox?

The seram flying fox (Pteropus ocularis) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{seram_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Seram flying fox (Pteropus ocularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/seram-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}