Rodrigues flying fox Rodrigues flying fox The Rodrigues flying fox or Rodrigues fruit bat ("Pteropus rodricensis") is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, the flying foxes or fruit bats. It is endemic to Rodrigues, an island in the Indian Ocean belonging to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is tropical lowland forests. The bats are sociable, roost in large groups during the day and feed at night, squeezing the juice and flesh out of fruits. They are hunted by humans for food and their numbers have been dwindling, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated the species as being "endangered".
Guam flying fox a length of about , a wingspan of about , and a body weight of . It is very similar in appearance to the Chuuk flying fox ("Pteropus insularis"). The top of the head is greyish, the back, throat and underparts brown or dark brown and the side of the neck golden-brown. Little is known of the behaviour of this flying fox but it is likely to have fed on the fruits, flowers and foliage of evergreen shrubs and trees typical of the limestone forests that occur in the northern part of Guam. Nor is much known of its reproductive