Pteralopex
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Scientific name | Pteralopex |
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Rank | Genus |
Higher classification | Pteropodinae |
Lower classifications | Bougainville monkey-faced bat |
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat | |
Montane monkey-faced bat | |
Mass | Bougainville monkey-faced bat |
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat | |
Montane monkey-faced bat | |
Length | Bougainville monkey-faced bat |
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2574337 |
About Pteralopex
Pteralopex is a genus of large megabats in the family Pteropodidae. 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. Two species, P. taki and P. flanneryi, have been described since 2000.