Guadalcanal Monkey-faced Fruit Bat
Pteralopex atrata Thomas, 1888
Also calledGuadalcanal-Affengesichtflughund (deu) · Punttandvleerhond (nld) · Roussette de Guadalcanal (fra) · Skrzydłolis sierpozębny (pol) · Volpe volante dal muso di scimmia di Guadalcanal (ita) · guadalcanalinapinanaama (fin) · kaloň černý (ces) · Чёрный птералопекс (rus) · トガリバキツネオオコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6 vol.1 p.155
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: Does not include anceps; see Hill and Beckon (1978), Flannery (1991 b, 1995 b), and Parnaby (2002 b).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Guadalcanal (Solomon Isls). A specimen from Isabel Isl formerly referred to this species has been reidentified as anceps (see Parnaby, 2002 b).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
COMMENTS: Does not include anceps; see Hill and Beckon (1978: 67, 68).
Order Chiroptera
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432963.