Insular flying fox Insular flying fox 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. Archaeologists on an excavation site at Rurutu announced in 2006 some important fossil finds: The range of coloration in this bat species varies somewhat. Its back is described as black or seal
Okinawa flying fox Okinawa flying fox The Okinawa flying fox ("Pteropus loochoensis") is a species of megabat in the genus "Pteropus". It is endemic to possibly Japan. It was previously listed as extinct by the IUCN, but because the two known specimens are taxonomically uncertain and of unknown provenance, it was changed to 'Data Deficient'. Some place this animal into synonymy under "Pteropus mariannus". Two specimens are in the British Natural History Museum, and the whereabouts of the third is unknown. Two of the specimens are believed to have come from Southeast Asia, so the true distribution of the Okinawa flying fox is