Bulmer's fruit bat

Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a megabat endemic to New Guinea and the only member of the genus Aproteles. It is listed as critically endangered because of habitat loss and hunting, and the Alliance for Zero Extinction identifies it as a species in danger of imminent extinction. The genus name is Greek for incomplete at the front, a reference to its lack of lower incisors, and the species name honours the archaeologist Susan Bulmer, who excavated the site of the original fossils. It was first described in 1960 from 12,000-year-old fossils in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, and was discovered alive in 1975 in a cave called Luplupwintem. It lives in mid-montane forest at 1,800 to 2,400 metres and roosts in caves.