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203 flying fox species are accepted answers for “Name a species of flying fox”. Petra fruit bat is the rarest species of flying fox in this ranking, with 20 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Epomops dobsonii is the second-rarest with 27 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.35× the figure for Petra fruit bat. Giant golden-crowned flying fox is the most common species of flying fox in this ranking, with 184,871 monthly Wikipedia views, 9,244× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 203 answers: 779,525. Petra fruit bat is under 0.1% of that total. 41 answers are Epic or Legendary: Petra fruit bat (Legendary), Epomops dobsonii (Legendary), Mearns's flying fox (Legendary), and 38 more.
Quick answer Most common
Giant golden-crowned flying fox
Common
184,871 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 203 answers to “Name a species of flying fox”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Petra fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 20 2 Epomops dobsonii on Wikipedia Legendary 0.995 27 3 Mearns's flying fox on Wikipedia Legendary 0.990 30 4 Dark tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.985 44 5 Santa Cruz flying fox on Wikipedia Legendary 0.980 46 6 Harrison's fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.975 60 7 Megaerops albicollis on Wikipedia Legendary 0.970 63 8 Mindanao fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.965 70 9 Smith's fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.960 118 10 Suhaniah fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.955 143 11 Sierra Leone collared fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.950 199 12 Pteropus insularis on Wikipedia Legendary 0.946 214 13 Seram flying fox on Wikipedia Legendary 0.941 241 14 Campo-Ma'an fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.936 256 15 Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Legendary 0.931 271 16 Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.923 273 17 Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.923 273 18 Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.916 302 19 Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.911 306 20 New Ireland masked flying fox on Wikipedia Epic 0.906 340 21 Halmahera blossom bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.899 343 22 Silvery flying fox on Wikipedia Epic 0.899 343 23 Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.891 351 24 Lesser tube-nosed bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.886 354 25 Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.881 359 26 Yap flying fox on Wikipedia Epic 0.876 360 27 Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.871 363 28 Ansell's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.866 372 29 Fardoulis's blossom bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.861 391 30 Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 392 31 Sulawesi harpy fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 392 32 New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.847 401 33 Western naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.842 407 34 Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.837 409 35 Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.832 412 36 Lesser naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.827 418 37 Greenish naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.822 420 38 Azagnyi fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.817 424 39 Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.812 454 40 Lesser flying fox on Wikipedia Epic 0.807 455 41 Minor epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Epic 0.802 456 42 Swift fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.797 457 43 Gilliard's flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.790 458 44 Woodford's fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.790 458 45 Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.782 459 46 Lesser musky fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.777 467 47 Geelvink Bay flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.772 470 48 Moss-forest blossom bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.767 475 49 Pohle's fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.762 476 50 Balionycteris seimundi on Wikipedia Rare 0.757 481 51 Dusky fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.752 487 52 Javan tailless fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.748 497 53 Andersen's flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.743 504 54 Biak naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.738 506 55 Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.733 513 56 Solomons flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.728 515 57 Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.723 522 58 Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.718 527 59 Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.713 531 60 Temotu flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.708 533 61 New Britain naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.703 538 62 Admiralty flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.698 539 63 D'Anchieta's fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.693 545 64 Panniet naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.688 546 65 East African little collared fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.683 550 66 Short-palated fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.678 555 67 New Caledonia blossom bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.673 563 68 Tailless fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.668 572 69 Ashy-headed flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.663 587 70 Manado fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.658 589 71 Ornate flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.653 590 72 Rickart's dyak fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 596 73 Ontong Java flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.644 600 74 Brooks's dyak fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.636 607 75 Makira flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.636 607 76 Blanford's fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.629 608 77 Common tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.621 620 78 Zenker's fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.621 620 79 Small-toothed fruit bat on Wikipedia Rare 0.614 625 80 Lombok flying fox on Wikipedia Rare 0.609 631 81 Linduan rousette on Wikipedia Rare 0.604 633 82 Luzon fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.599 639 83 Rennell flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.594 640 84 Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.589 654 85 Dobson's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.584 655 86 Angolan epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.579 657 87 New Caledonia flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.574 670 88 Sulawesi rousette on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.569 675 89 Banks flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.564 676 90 Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.559 678 91 Philippine gray flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.554 690 92 Black-capped fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.550 692 93 East African epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.545 695 94 Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.540 700 95 Kei flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.535 703 96 Gray flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.530 707 97 Black-bellied fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.525 708 98 Peters's fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.520 709 99 Temminck's flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.515 710 100 Greater nectar bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.510 711 101 Mindanao pygmy fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.505 715 102 Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.500 719 103 Bare-backed rousette on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.495 726 104 Moluccan flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.490 732 105 Small white-winged flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.485 743 106 Greater musky fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.480 755 107 Philippine dawn bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.475 766 108 New Georgian monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.470 771 109 Minute fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.465 778 110 Woermann's bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.460 779 111 Long-haired fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.455 797 112 Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.450 807 113 Dwarf flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.446 811 114 Nicobar flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.441 831 115 Bare-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.436 832 116 Harpy fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.431 853 117 Big-eared flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.426 874 118 Pallas's tube-nosed bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.421 877 119 Kosrae flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.416 886 120 Horsfield's fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.411 902 121 Caroline flying fox on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.406 904 122 Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.401 927 123 São Tomé collared fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.396 932 124 Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.391 954 125 Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.386 955 126 Comoro rousette on Wikipedia Familiar 0.381 956 127 Little collared fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.376 970 128 Angolan rousette on Wikipedia Familiar 0.371 979 129 Talaud flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.366 998 130 Borneo fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.361 1,003 131 Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.356 1,004 132 Pygmy fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 1,022 133 Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.347 1,027 134 Fischer's pygmy fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.342 1,035 135 Madagascan rousette on Wikipedia Familiar 0.337 1,046 136 Vanuatu flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.332 1,082 137 Island tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.324 1,099 138 Vanikoro flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.324 1,099 139 Greater monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.317 1,116 140 Masked flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.312 1,173 141 Long-tailed fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.307 1,207 142 Pteropus pelagicus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.302 1,239 143 Sunda flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.297 1,245 144 Bougainville monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.292 1,263 145 Peters's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.287 1,322 146 Black-bearded flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.282 1,323 147 White-winged flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.277 1,409 148 Long-tongued fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.272 1,410 149 Aldabra flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.267 1,461 150 Pelew flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.262 1,463 151 Little golden-mantled flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.257 1,480 152 Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.252 1,504 153 Common blossom bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.248 1,993 154 Palawan fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.243 1,996 155 Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.238 2,029 156 Geoffroy's rousette on Wikipedia Familiar 0.233 2,037 157 Salim Ali's fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.228 2,090 158 Spotted-winged fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.223 2,115 159 Franquet's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.218 2,146 160 Madagascan fruit bat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.213 2,244 161 Black-eared flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.208 2,289 162 Sulawesi flying fox on Wikipedia Familiar 0.203 2,520 163 Leschenault's rousette on Wikipedia Common 0.198 2,634 164 Okinawa flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.193 2,728 165 Philippine naked-backed fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.188 2,828 166 Long-tongued nectar bat on Wikipedia Common 0.183 2,930 167 Montane monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Common 0.178 3,116 168 Gambian epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.173 3,161 169 Cave nectar bat on Wikipedia Common 0.168 3,467 170 Bismarck masked flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.163 3,661 171 Eastern tube-nosed bat on Wikipedia Common 0.158 3,669 172 Madagascan flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.153 3,728 173 Pemba flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.149 3,731 174 Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.144 4,106 175 Insular flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.139 4,331 176 Christmas Island flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.134 4,547 177 Small flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.129 4,590 178 Seychelles fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.124 4,899 179 Dayak fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.119 4,908 180 Aru flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.114 5,041 181 Fijian monkey-faced bat on Wikipedia Common 0.109 6,062 182 Greater short-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.104 6,244 183 Livingstone's fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.099 6,451 184 Lesser short-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.094 6,524 185 Little red flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.089 6,669 186 Lyle's flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.084 6,811 187 Bulmer's fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.079 6,922 188 Bonin flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.074 7,353 189 Mariana fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.069 7,442 190 Samoa flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.064 7,708 191 Rodrigues flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.059 8,261 192 Ryukyu flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.054 9,154 193 Straw-coloured fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.050 10,381 194 Spectacled flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.045 11,136 195 Mauritian flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.040 17,402 196 Black flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.035 18,836 197 Great flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.030 19,849 198 Egyptian fruit bat on Wikipedia Common 0.025 36,695 199 Grey-headed flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.020 43,367 200 Large flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.015 50,370 201 Hammer-headed bat on Wikipedia Common 0.010 55,315 202 Indian flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.005 57,409 203 Giant golden-crowned flying fox on Wikipedia Common 0.000 184,871
FAQ What is the rarest species of flying fox? Petra fruit bat is the rarest species of flying fox in this ranking, with 20 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of flying fox are there? There are 203 species of flying fox in this ranking, from Petra fruit bat (rarest) to Giant golden-crowned flying fox (most common).
What is the most common species of flying fox? Giant golden-crowned flying fox is the most common species of flying fox in this ranking, with 184,871 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.