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Bougainville monkey-faced bat

Mammals

The Bougainville monkey-faced bat, or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps), is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia, where it inhabits mature forests in upland areas. The English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek first collected it in April 1904 on Bougainville, and Knud Andersen used that specimen in 1909 to describe the species. The name anceps is Latin for double-headed, possibly a reference to its characters shared with both Pteralopex and Pteropus, or to its being the second member of its genus described. In 1954 it was listed as a subspecies of the Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat. The list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as endangered.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Diet
Nectarivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Agriculture and Aquaculture 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 Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Cloud Forest, Biomes
Source Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
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Found In

Melanesia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Melanesia
Quote, Distribution, Melanesia
The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
Papua New Guinea

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
Solomon Islands

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Solomon Islands
Quote, Distribution, Solomon Islands
The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
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 anceps (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3842 Pteralopex anceps Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 560.36 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteralopex anceps (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3842 Pteralopex anceps Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 560.36 Ref_117 1
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2. Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Papua New Guinea
    The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
  • Distribution, Melanesia
    The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
  • Distribution, Solomon Islands
    The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
  • Relationship to people, hunting
    It is also hunted for bushmeat.
  • Article text, population
    In 1992, captive breeding was recommended for this species, as its population was thought to be in drastic decline.
  • Article text, threats
    Threats to this species include habitat destruction from agriculture.
  • Article text, threats, threats
    It is also hunted for bushmeat.
  • Article text, habitat
    It inhabits mature forests in upland areas.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia.
  • In Biome: Cloud Forest, Habitat, cloud forest
    The majority of museum specimens were collected from cloud forests at 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) or higher above sea level.
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432965: species profile of Pteralopex anceps
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432965: IUCN Red List category of Pteralopex anceps
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "ENDANGERED"
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