| Insular flying fox | |
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| in Taveuni, Fiji | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. tonganus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
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| Insular flying fox range | |
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.[1]
- ^ a b Lavery, T.H.; Scanlon, A.; Helgen, K.; Hamilton, S. (2020). "Pteropus tonganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18764A22088495. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18764A22088495.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.