---
title: "Black-eared Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus melanotus — Mammiferi. The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-eared-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-eared Flying-fox

> Pteropus melanotus — Mammiferi. The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats).

- Scientific name: *Pteropus melanotus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 122
- Wikidata: [Q1761644](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1761644)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40894](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40894)

## Names

- en: Black-eared Flying-fox
- de: Weihnachtsinsel-Flughund
- es: Zorro Volador De Andaman

## Countries with the most observations

CX (114), ID (3), IN (3)

## Summary

The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia). A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population, although it may be a distinct species. Pteropus natalis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eared_flying_fox

## Photo

![Black-eared Flying-fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-eared-flying-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240685718

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-eared-flying-fox?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).