Pteralopex atrata
O. Thomas, 1888
Guadalcanal Monkey-faced Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
Family | : Pteropodidae |
Subfamily | : Pteropodinae |
Tribe | : Pteralopini |
Genus | : Pteralopex |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1888-02-01. Diagnoses of six new mammals from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)1(2):155-158.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195150Original name as described
Pteralopex atrata
Other common names
Guadalcanal Monkey-faced Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.5.9
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe8f752d-5292-4ea8-9c3e-274321411798Type locality
"Aola, Guadalcanar [= Guadalcanal], Solomon Islands."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Solomon Islands
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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