Pteralopex pulchra

Flannery, 1991

Montane 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

Flannery, T.F. 1991-11-22. A new species of Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from montane Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 43(2):123-129.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.43.1991.44

Original name as described

Pteralopex pulchra

Other common names

Montane Monkey-faced Bat

Type material

AM M.21842

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"1,230 m altitude, southern slopes of Mount Makarakomburu (9°44'S 160°01'E)," Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004440

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pteralopex pulchra

Flannery, 1991

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pulchra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.21842

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18658/128950188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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