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title: "Great Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus neohibernicus — Mamíferos. The great flying fox (Pteropus neohibernicus), also known as the greater flying fox or Bismarck flying fox, is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus, found throughout lowland areas of New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/great-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Flying-fox

> Pteropus neohibernicus — Mamíferos. The great flying fox (Pteropus neohibernicus), also known as the greater flying fox or Bismarck flying fox, is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus, found throughout lowland areas of New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus neohibernicus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 66
- Wikidata: [Q1766189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40895](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40895)

## Names

- en: Great Flying-fox
- de: Bismarckflughund
- es: Zorro Volador De Bismarck

## Countries with the most observations

PG (28), ID (10)

## Summary

The great flying fox (Pteropus neohibernicus), also known as the greater flying fox or Bismarck flying fox, is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus, found throughout lowland areas of New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago. Conflicting evidence suggests that its closest relative is either the spectacled flying fox or, jointly, the Pelew and insular flying foxes. Two subspecies are recognized. At up to 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) in weight, it is among the heaviest bats in the world and the largest bat in Melanesia. It is a gregarious animal which roosts with hundreds or thousands of individuals. In part due to its wide…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jun MATSUI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/379846584

## Machine access

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