The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), also known as the Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji and Fiji's only endemic mammal. William and Ruth Beckon discovered it in 1976 in old-growth cloud forest on Des Voeux Peak, at 1,195 metres the second highest peak on Taveuni. When first encountered it was placed in the genus Pteralopex, the monkey-faced bats, whose other members live in the Solomon Islands, but genetic research showed significant divergence and it was transferred to its own monotypic genus Mirimiri. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as critically endangered, with a declining population.
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ThreatsAgriculture and Aquaculture 2 ThreatsClimate Change and Severe Weather 2 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Source Fijian monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, FijiQuote, Distribution, Fiji
The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), also known as the Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji.
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1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteralopex acrodonta (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3841 Pteralopex acrodonta Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 250.5 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteralopex acrodonta (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3841 Pteralopex acrodonta Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 250.5 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Fijian monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Fiji
The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), also known as the Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji.
Article text, threats
While its cloud forest is within Taveuni Forest Reserve, this does little to protect the land, as the majority of Fiji's Forest Reserves have been converted to mahogany plantations.
Article text, threats, threats
Their habitat is being lost and fragmented by pollution, agriculture, extreme weather, and urbanization.
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Climate change is anticipated to shrink cloud forests worldwide, resulting in further habitat loss.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), also known as the Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta), also known as the Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji.
In Biome: Cloud Forest, Habitat, cloud forest
It was discovered in old-growth cloud forest on Des Vœux Peak, the second highest mountain peak (1,195 m; 3,921 ft) on the island of Taveuni by William and Ruth Beckon in 1976, and is Fiji's only endemic mammal.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5787472: species profile of Mirimiri acrodonta
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5787472: IUCN Red List category of Mirimiri acrodonta
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "CRITICALLY_ENDANGERED"
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