The New Georgian monkey-faced bat, or New Georgian flying monkey (Pteralopex taki), is a recently described megabat endemic to the New Georgia and Vangunu Islands. It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and the populations remaining on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting, so the IUCN considers it vulnerable. In 2013 Bat Conservation International listed it as one of the 35 species on its worldwide conservation priority list. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids places it in the subfamily Pteropodinae, names forest as its habitat and describes its population as declining.
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ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Source New Georgian monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
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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 taki (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3840 Pteralopex taki Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 369.06 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteralopex taki (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3840 Pteralopex taki Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 20 0 Ref_2 D1 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 369.06 "Ref_2, Ref_3" 0
View the Source 2. New Georgian monkey-faced bat (Wikipedia)
Article text, threats
It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and the remaining populations on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
Article text, human use
It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and the remaining populations on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The New Georgian monkey-faced bat or New Georgian flying monkey (Pteralopex taki) is a recently described species of megabat endemic to the New Georgia and Vangunu Islands.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The New Georgian monkey-faced bat or New Georgian flying monkey (Pteralopex taki) is a recently described species of megabat endemic to the New Georgia and Vangunu Islands.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 4265739: species profile of Pteralopex taki
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 4265739: IUCN Red List category of Pteralopex taki
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "VULNERABLE"
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