New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat
Pteralopex taki Parnaby, 2002
Also calledNew-Georgia-Affengesichtflughund (deu) · Roussette de Nouvelle-Géorgie (fra) · Skrzydłolis dziuplowy (pol) · Volpe volante dal muso di scimmia di Nuova Georgia (ita) · kaloň novogeorgijský (ces) · ニュージョージアキツネオオコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Parnaby, H. E. (2002). A taxonomic review of the genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the monkey-faced bats of the south-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy, Vol. 23, No. 2.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not Evaluated as Pteralopex sp. nov., but Parnaby (2000 b) recommended that this species be classified in the IUCN threat category of " Critically Endangered. ".
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b), see Flannery (1995 b), who discussed this species under its common name.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8 ° 31 ' S, 157 ° 52 ' E, 50 m.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4265739.