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Pteropus rayneri
Solomons Flying Fox
As recorded: Pteropus rayneri Gray, 1870
Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Pteropodidae
- Collected by
- A B Mirza
- Locality
- Bougainville [Dist.?]
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Pteropus rayneri observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-08-13.

2025-08-13
North Bougainville, PG-NS, PG
(c) Jasmine Vink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-13
North Bougainville, PG-NS, PG
(c) Jasmine Vink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-25
Western, SB
(c) guillaumecalcagni, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2015-07-13
Western, SB
(c) My World of Bird Photography, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pteropus rayneri. BPBM 61232. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95004287. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/61232.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 95004287 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
