Pteralopex atrata Thomas, 1888:155
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, Cusp-toothed monkey-faced bat, Cusp-toothed fruit bat, Cusp-toothed flying fox
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pteralopex atrata atrata Thomas, 1888
Conservation Status
Last record: 1975
Rediscovered in late 2015
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, Ny, USA.
Helgen, Kristofer M. (2005). Systematics of the Pacific monkey-faced bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a new species of Pteralopex and a new Fijian genus. Systematics and Biodiversity 3(4): 433-453.
Helgen, K. and Hamilton, S. (2008). Pteralopex atrata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T18657A8504692. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18657A8504692.en. Downloaded on 05 February 2017.
Laurie, Eleanor Mary Ord and Hill, John Edwards. (1954). List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands, 1758-1952. London: British Museum (Natural History).
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.
Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023.
https://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/amri-news/walking-in-the-footsteps-of-giants
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21940/pteralopex-atrata-guadalcanal-monkey-faced