Small flying fox: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the small flying fox lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pteropus hypomelanus
Group	Bats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Mass	438 g (adult weight); 74 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the small flying fox live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the small flying fox in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a small flying fox?

Wikidata records the following for the small flying fox: mass 438 g (adult weight); 74 g (birth weight).

Is the small flying fox endangered?

The small flying fox’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the small flying fox?

The small flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Pteropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the small flying fox

The small flying fox, island flying fox or variable flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines the Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Small flying fox (revision 1347882272), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q583116 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).