OCEANIAN (PACIFIC ISLANDS) Tropical Moist Forest
mammals

The few species of mammals that are found in the rainforests of the islands of the Pacific...

Order Chiroptera

Family Pteropodidae 

Flying Fox (Palau)

Pteropus pelewensis, 'Pelew Flying Fox/Fruit Bat'. Infamously included in a 'fruit bat soup' in Micronesia.

Insular Flying Fox, (Tonga)

Pteropus tonganus , 'Insular/Pacific Flying Fox'. It is found in rainforest, mangroves and around human habitation. It is the most geographically widespread of all the flying fox in the Pacific; being recorded in New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna and Fiji.

For the page on the Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest
For the page on the reptiles of the Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest
For the page on the birds of the Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest
For the page on the mammals of the Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest
For the page on the places of the Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest

Thinking of travelling again after everything settles down? The first expedition I am booked to work on after the virus is Micronesia, New Guinea & Indonesia in 2021 with Silversea.