What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Palau Flying Fox been recorded?

Pteropus pelewensis occurrence evidence comes from 386 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1945 to 1993. Most records come from Micronesia.

Palau Flying Fox
Palau Flying Fox — Photo (display-sized rendition): iNaturalist user: thibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaChiropteraPteropodidaePteropus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

386 records across 2 countries and territories, 1945–1993.

Pteropus pelewensis · GBIF taxon key 5706984

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-22. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: February.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

historical describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19451993

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Palau Flying Fox has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Palau Flying Fox. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Micronesia 378
Palau 8

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Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.