New Georgian monkey-faced bat
| New Georgian monkey-faced bat[1] | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteralopex |
| Species: | P. taki
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteralopex taki , 2002
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| New Georgian monkey-faced bat range (red — extant, black — extinct) | |
The New Georgian monkey-faced bat or New Georgian flying monkey (Pteralopex taki) is a recently described species of megabat endemic to the Solomon Islands, more specifically New Georgia and Vangunu Islands. It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and remaining population on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Consequently, it is considered vulnerable by IUCN.[2] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.[3]
References[]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lavery, T.H. (2017). "Pteralopex taki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T29473A22066155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T29473A22066155.en.
- ^ "Annual Report 2013-2014" (PDF). batcon.org. Bat Conservation International. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
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- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Pteralopex
- Bats of Oceania
- Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands
- Mammals of the Solomon Islands
- Endangered fauna of Oceania
- Mammals described in 2002
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