Species group · Mammals
Flying Foxes
WAnimals has 8 species of flying fox, all in the family Pteropodidae.
- 8 species
- 1 family
- 39 countries
- 94 parks
- Weight
- 240 g – 1.6 kg
- Length
- 14 cm – 30 cm
- Lifespan
- 15 – 20 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 8.
All 8 species of flying foxes on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Large Flying-fox
Pteropus vampyrus
Large Flying-fox
Pteropus giganteus
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat
Eidolon helvum
Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Acerodon jubatus
Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto
Spectacled Flying Fox
Pteropus conspicillatus
Grey-headed Flying Fox
Pteropus poliocephalus
Aldabra Flying-fox
Pteropus aldabrensis
Conservation status
5 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 39 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
Did you know…
It cannot echolocate, and makes up for it with very good eyesight.
From Large Flying-fox
It eats fruit, nectar and flowers.
From Large Flying-fox
Males guard small harems of up to ten females through the breeding season.
From Large Flying-fox
It is one of the largest bats in the world by wingspan, at up to 1.5 metres.
From Large Flying-fox
It forms colonies of hundreds to thousands in a single tree.
From Large Flying-fox
Males follow a vertical dominance hierarchy according to where in the tree they roost.
From Large Flying-fox
Every year between October and December some ten million of these bats gather in a small swamp forest at Kasanka, in Zambia: it is the largest congregation of mammals known on the planet.
Some individuals cover more than 2,000 kilometres on their seasonal migrations, the greatest distance documented for an African bat.