---
title: "Large Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus vampyrus — Mammiferi. The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/large-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Flying-fox

> Pteropus vampyrus — Mammiferi. The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus vampyrus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 954
- Wikidata: [Q649684](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649684)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40902)

## Names

- en: Large Flying-fox
- de: Kalong
- es: Zorro Volador De Cuello Rojo
- fr: Roussette commune
- nl: Kalong
- pl: Rudawka malajska

## Countries with the most observations

ID (164), MY (120), PH (63), TH (22), VN (19), SG (9), BN (3)

## Summary

The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Despite its scientific name, it feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar, and flowers, like the other flying foxes of the genus Pteropus. It is noted for being one of the largest bats. As with nearly all other Old World fruit bats, it lacks the ability to echolocate but compensates for it with well-developed eyesight.

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

## Photo

![Large Flying-fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-flying-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72874907

## Machine access

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