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Pteralopex taki Parnaby 2002

Description

Pteralopex taki Parnaby 2002

Pteralopex taki Parnaby 2002, Aust. Mammal., 23: 146.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m.

Vernacular Names: New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat.

Distribution: New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not Evaluated as Pteralopex sp. nov., but Parnaby (2000 b) recommended that this species be classified in the IUCN threat category of "Critically Endangered.".

Discussion: In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b), see Flannery (1995 b), who discussed this species under its common name.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 334, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Parnaby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Pteralopex
Species
taki
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pteralopex taki Parnaby, 2002 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Parnaby, H. E. 2002 b. A taxonomic review of the genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the monkey-faced bats of the south-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy, 23: 145 - 162.