Pteralopex [SEP] parent taxon
Pteralopex
Pteralopex is a genus of large megabats in the family Pteropodidae. They are restricted to Solomon Islands rain forests in Melanesia, and all species are seriously threatened, being rated as either endangered or critically endangered by IUCN. Two species, "P. taki" and "P. flanneryi", have been described since 2000.
Species.
The Fijian monkey-faced bat, formerly placed in this genus, has recently been transferred to the monotypic "Mirimiri".
- Bougainville monkey-faced bat, "Pteralopex
white-eye ("Zosterops tetiparius tetiparius"), a subspecies of the dark-eyed white-eye.
Most mammals on Tetepare are bats. Among these is Fardoulis' blossom-bat (only described in 1993) and a roundleaf bat that might be Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat (described in 1981) or a new taxon. In addition, some flying foxes from Tetepare are hitherto unidentified; possibly the New Georgia monkey-faced bat ("Pteralopex taki") is one of them.
The island