Pteralopex
Genus of bats
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Pteralopex is a genus of large megabats in the family Pteropodidae.[1] Species in this genus are commonly known as "monkey-faced bats". They are restricted to Solomon Islands rain forests in Melanesia, and all species are seriously threatened, being rated as either endangered or critically endangered by IUCN.[2] Two species, P. taki and P. flanneryi, have been described since 2000.
| Pteralopex | |
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| Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
| Genus: | Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Pteralopex atrata Thomas, 1888 | |
| Species | |
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Species
The Fijian monkey-faced bat, formerly placed in this genus, has recently been transferred to the monotypic Mirimiri.[3]
- Bougainville monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex anceps
- Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex atrata
- Greater monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex flanneryi[3]
- Montane monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex pulchra
- New Georgian monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex taki[4]
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