Giant golden-crowned flying fox diseases. The giant golden-crowned flying fox gets its species name from the golden fur around the head, in sharp contrast to the black body. Like all other fruit bats, they have no tail. They are among the largest bats, with a wingspan of and weighing . The only other bats with similar dimensions are a few species of "Pteropus". Recent surveys have found "A. jubatus" roosting with "P. vampyrus" on the islands of Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, Negros and Polillo. The giant golden-crowned flying fox is confined to the forests of the Philippines, where it occurs mostly
Rennell flying fox Rennell flying fox The Rennell flying fox ("Pteropus rennelli") is a species of flying fox found in the Solomon Islands. It is an endangered species risking extinction. It was described as a new species in 1929 by Australian mammalogist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton. As the genus "Pteropus" is speciose, it is divided into closely related species groups. The Rennell flying fox is in the ""samoensis"" species group. Its species name ""rennelli"" comes from Rennell Island, which is part of the Solomon Islands. Rennell Island was where the holotype was collected, and remains the only known location of this species. In