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Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat

Mammals

The Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, or Guadalcanal flying monkey (Pteralopex atrata), is a megabat endemic to the Solomon Islands and listed as an endangered species. In 2013 Bat Conservation International listed it among the 35 species on its worldwide conservation priority list. It was the first species of the monkey-faced bats to be described: Oldfield Thomas described it in 1888 from a specimen collected by Charles Morris Woodford in Aola Bay on Guadalcanal. It was considered synonymous with the Bougainville monkey-faced bat from 1954 to 1978. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids names forest as its habitat and describes its population as declining.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Diet
Nectarivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Endangered 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Solomon Islands

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Source Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Solomon Islands
Quote, Distribution, Solomon Islands
The Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat or Guadalcanal flying monkey (Pteralopex atrata) is a megabat endemic to Solomon Islands.
Sources
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 atrata (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3843 Pteralopex atrata Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 472 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteralopex atrata (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3843 Pteralopex atrata Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 472 Ref_117 1
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2. Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Solomon Islands
    The Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat or Guadalcanal flying monkey (Pteralopex atrata) is a megabat endemic to Solomon Islands.
  • Relationship to people, hunting
    It is threatened by hunting for bushmeat.
  • Article text, threats
    It is currently evaluated as endangered by the IUCN. It is threatened by hunting for bushmeat.
  • Article text, habitat
    It is probably dependent upon old-growth forests for habitat.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat or Guadalcanal flying monkey (Pteralopex atrata) is a megabat endemic to Solomon Islands.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat or Guadalcanal flying monkey (Pteralopex atrata) is a megabat endemic to Solomon Islands.
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432963: species profile of Pteralopex atrata
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432963: IUCN Red List category of Pteralopex atrata
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "ENDANGERED"
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