Mariana fruit bat
pteropus mariannus latin

P. m. mariannus (Guam Mariana fruit bat)

Mariana fruit bats are found in Guam and CNMI, and move from island to island.

The Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus) feeds on the fruit and flowers, acting as a vector for the dispersal of seeds.

A federal Guam National Wildlife Refuge in northern Guam protects the decimated sea turtle population in addition to a small colony of Mariana fruit bats.

However, a 2002 survey of the island did find a handful of native species there, including the Mariana Fruit Bat, the Polynesian sheath-tailed bat and the Micronesian megapode Megapodius laperouse.

This area is the only designated critical habitat in Guam because it is home to some of the last confirmed populations of the Mariana fruit bat, Micronesian Kingfisher, Mariana Common Moorhen and Mariana Crow.

The Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus), also known as the Mariana flying fox, and the fanihi in Chamorro, is a megabat found only on Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Ulithi (an atoll in the Caroline Islands).

The Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus) feeds on the fruit and flowers, acting as a vector for the dispersal of seeds.

The Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus), also known as the Mariana flying fox, and the fanihi in Chamorro, is a megabat found only on Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Ulithi (an atoll in the Caroline Islands).