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Vanuatu flying fox

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Vanuatu flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. anetianus
Binomial name
Pteropus anetianus
Gray, 1870
Vanuatu flying fox range

The Vanuatu flying fox or white flying fox (Pteropus anetianus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Vanuatu. It is most closely related to the Samoa flying fox.

References

  1. ^ Leary, T.; Helgen, K. (2020). "Pteropus anetianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18716A22079958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18716A22079958.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.