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title: "Black Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus alecto — Zoogdieren. The black flying fox or black fruit bat is a bat in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Flying-fox

> Pteropus alecto — Zoogdieren. The black flying fox or black fruit bat is a bat in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus alecto*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 3882
- Wikidata: [Q998343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q998343)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40913](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40913)

## Names

- en: Black Flying-fox
- de: Schwarzer Flughund
- es: Zorro Volador Negro
- fr: Renard volant noir

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3520), ID (12)

## Summary

The black flying fox or black fruit bat is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, Pteropus. The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105450015

## Machine access

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