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Vanuatu flying fox

Pteropus anetianus (Gray, 1870)

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The vanuatu flying fox (Pteropus anetianus) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 397.2 g to 426 g and live up to 7.4 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the vanuatu flying fox

Weight
397.2 g – 426 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
0.98src for Young per litter or clutch
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 vanuatu 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 vanuatu 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 vanuatu flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Vanuatu flying fox or white flying fox (Pteropus anetianus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Vanuatu. It is most closely related to the Samoa flying fox.

From the Wikipedia article “Vanuatu flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vanuatu_flying_fox&oldid=1315215716), 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 vanuatu flying fox endangered?

The vanuatu 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 vanuatu flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus anetianus (Gray, 1870)
Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Vanauatu flying foxEnglish
  • Vanauatu flying foxEnglish
  • Vanuatu flying fox.English
  • Vanuatu flying-foxEnglish
  • White flying foxEnglish
  • White flying foxEnglish
  • White flying-foxEnglish
  • White flying-foxEnglish
  • kaloň bílýCzech
  • Emau-FlugfuchsGerman
  • Vanuatu-FlugfuchsGerman
  • vanuatunlenkkoFinnish
  • Rousette blancheFrench
  • Volpe volante biancaItalian
  • ニューヘブリデスオオコウモリJapanese
  • 흰날여우박쥐Korean
  • 바누아투날여우박쥐Korean
  • Rudawka białaPolish
  • Новогебридская летучая лисицаRussian
  • 游狐蝠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the vanuatu flying fox

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

CompareVanuatu flying fox vs Large flying foxVanuatu flying fox vs Giant fruit batVanuatu flying fox vs Livingstone's fruit batVanuatu flying fox vs Mariana fruit bat

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the vanuatu flying fox?

An adult vanuatu flying fox weighs 397.2 g – 426 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the vanuatu flying fox live?

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

Is the vanuatu flying fox endangered?

The vanuatu 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 vanuatu flying fox live?

The vanuatu flying fox has a recorded lifespan of 7.4 years.

What kind of animal is the vanuatu flying fox?

The vanuatu flying fox (Pteropus anetianus) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

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BibTeX
@misc{vanuatu_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Vanuatu flying fox (Pteropus anetianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vanuatu-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}