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Temotu flying fox

Pteropus nitendiensis Sanborn, 1930

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The temotu flying fox (Pteropus nitendiensis) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 265 g to 275.6 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

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Quick facts about the temotu flying fox

Weight
265 g – 275.6 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
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the temotu 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 temotu 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 temotu flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Temotu flying fox (Pteropus nitendiensis) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat destruction due to subsistence agricultural practices, as well as natural disasters such as tropical cyclones. Due to its imperiled status, it is identified by the Alliance for Zero Extinction as a species in danger of imminent extinction. In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.

From the Wikipedia article “Temotu flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Temotu_flying_fox&oldid=1384589083), 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 temotu flying fox endangered?

The temotu flying fox is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very 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 Endangered species. What the categories mean.

How is the temotu flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus nitendiensis Sanborn, 1930

Synonyms Pteropus sanctacrucis

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Santa Cruz flying foxEnglish
  • Temotu flying fox.English
  • Temotu flying-foxEnglish
  • kaloň temotuskýCzech
  • Temotu-FlughundGerman
  • Zorro Volador De La Isla NdeniSpanish
  • nendosaarenlenkkoFinnish
  • santacruzsaarenlenkkoFinnish
  • Volpe volante di TemotuItalian
  • Volpe volante di Santa CruzItalian
  • サンタクルーズオオコウモリJapanese
  • 테모투날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka namorzynowaPolish
  • Летучая лисица СанборнаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the temotu 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 temotu flying fox?

An adult temotu flying fox weighs 265 g – 275.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the temotu flying fox live?

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

Is the temotu flying fox endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the temotu flying fox?

The temotu flying fox (Pteropus nitendiensis) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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BibTeX
@misc{temotu_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Temotu flying fox (Pteropus nitendiensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/temotu-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}