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Insular flying fox

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The insular flying fox, or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus), is the most widespread flying fox in the Pacific, found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. In Samoa it is called pe'a fanua, pe'a fai and taulaga. Archaeologists announced in 2006 that five bones of one adult recovered at a site on Rurutu in the Austral Islands of French Polynesia made this the most eastern extension of the species, and flying fox bones from cultural deposits were directly dated for the first time. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as least concern, with a declining population.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
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In Biome

Mangrove Forest, Biomes
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Found In

Cook Islands

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Fiji

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
New Caledonia

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Niue

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Papua New Guinea

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Samoa

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Solomon Islands

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Tokelau

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Tonga

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Tuvalu

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Vanuatu

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
Wallis and Futuna

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Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
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1. Insular flying fox (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Cook Islands
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Samoa
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Niue
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Tonga
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Vanuatu
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Fiji
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, New Caledonia
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Wallis and Futuna
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Tokelau
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Papua New Guinea
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Solomon Islands
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Distribution, Tuvalu
    Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna.
  • Diet
    Insular flying foxes are frugivores and eat pollen and nectar.
  • Relationship to people, hunting
    It is hunted for food on some islands and it is also threatened by degradation of native forest for logging and for conversion to plantations and cultivated land.
  • Article text, threats
    It is hunted for food on some islands and it is also threatened by degradation of native forest for logging and for conversion to plantations and cultivated land.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Habitat, mangrove forest
    It sometimes migrates between islands and its typical habitat is tropical wet forests, mangrove forests and plantations.
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2. Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Animal Diversity Web: Pteropus tonganus
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)
  • Behavior
    Range lifespan Status: captivity 31 (high) years Behavior Pteropus tonganus is primarily nocturnal.
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
    Negative Impacts crop pest
  • Habitat, Habitat Regions
    terrestrial
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218673: species profile of Pteropus tonganus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
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"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218673: IUCN Red List category of Pteropus tonganus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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