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Vanikoro flying fox

Pteropus tuberculatus Peters, 1869

ENEndangeredbats

The vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 226.6 g to 282.9 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus)
Photo: Matschie, Paul. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the vanikoro flying fox

Weight
226.6 g – 282.9 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 vanikoro 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 vanikoro 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 vanikoro flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus), also known locally as the basapine, is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It has only been found in the Vanikoro island group located in the southern Solomon Islands. The species as a whole was originally known from just a few specimens collected sometime before 1930 but following surveys conducted on the island in the early 1990s did not detect this species again causing the Vanikoro flying fox to be listed as extinct. However, the species was rediscovered by a survey conducted in late 2014 which indicated a population in the high hundreds or low thousands and reported all observations.

From the Wikipedia article “Vanikoro flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanikoro_flying_fox&oldid=1315188418), 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 vanikoro flying fox endangered?

The vanikoro 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 vanikoro flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus tuberculatus Peters, 1869
Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Vanikoro flying fox.English
  • Vanikoro flying-foxEnglish
  • kaloň hrbolatýCzech
  • Vanikoro-FlughundGerman
  • Zorro Volador De La Isla JawiSpanish
  • vanikolosaarenlenkkoFinnish
  • Volpe volante di VanikoroItalian
  • ピーターオオコウモリJapanese
  • 바니코로날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka eremickaPolish
  • Ваникорская летучая лисицаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the vanikoro 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 vanikoro flying fox?

An adult vanikoro flying fox weighs 226.6 g – 282.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the vanikoro flying fox live?

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

Is the vanikoro flying fox endangered?

The vanikoro 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 vanikoro flying fox?

The vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{vanikoro_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanikoro-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}