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title: "Pacific Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus tonganus — Mamíferos. The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pacific-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Flying-fox

> Pteropus tonganus — Mamíferos. The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus tonganus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 445
- Wikidata: [Q1766941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40918](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40918)

## Names

- en: Pacific Flying-fox
- de: Tonga-Flughund
- fr: Roussette de Tonga
- nl: Tongavleerhond
- pl: Rudawka pacyficzna

## Countries with the most observations

FJ (116), TO (48), CK (17), AS (12), VU (11), NC (4), WS (3)

## Summary

The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is geographically widespread, the most widespread flying fox in the Pacific: it is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (where it is called pe'a fanua, pe'a fai and taulaga), the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62455039

## Machine access

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