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Pacific Flying Fox

Pteropus tonganus

Classification

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. History Archaeologists on an excavation site at Rurutu announced in 2006 some important fossil finds: Five bones, representing one adult of the Pacific Flying Fox, Pteropus tonganus, were recovered…

Distribution

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