Insular Flying Fox
Pteropus tonganus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 154
- Most observed in
- 🇫🇯 Fiji
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is geographically widespread, the most widespread flying fox in the Pacific: it is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (where it is called pe'a fanua, pe'a fai and taulaga), the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Insular flying fox”.