Pteralopex taki
Parnaby, 2002
New Georgia 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
Parnaby, H.E. 2002. A taxonomic review of the genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the monkey-faced bats of the south-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy 23:145-162.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1071/AM01145Original name as described
Pteralopex taki
Other common names
New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat
Type material
AM M.22320
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mt Javi, 8° 31' S, 157° 52' E, 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Elevation ~50 m."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Solomon Islands
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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