Bougainville monkey-faced bat

Bougainville monkey-faced bat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1] Extant species of family Pteropodidae Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Chiroptera Subfamily Nyctimeninae Nyctimene (tube-nosed fruit bats) Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat (N. aello) Common tube-nosed fruit bat (N. albiventer) Pallas's tube-nosed bat (N. cephalotes) Dark tube-nosed fruit bat (N. celaeno) Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat (N. certans) Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat (N. cyclotis) Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat (N. draconilla) Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat (N. keasti) Island tube-nosed fruit bat (N. major) Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat (N. malaitensis) Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat (N. masalai) Lesser tube-nosed bat (N. minutus) Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (N. rabori) Eastern tube-nosed Bat (N. robinsoni) Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat (N. vizcaccia) Paranyctimene Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat Subfamily Cynopterinae Aethalops (Pygmy fruit bats) Borneo fruit bat (A. aequalis) Pygmy fruit bat (A. alecto) Alionycteris Mindanao pygmy fruit bat (A. paucidentata) Balionycteris Spotted-winged fruit bat (B. maculata) Chironax Black-capped fruit bat (C. melanocephalus) Cynopterus (Dog-faced fruit bats) Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (C. brachyotis) Horsfield's fruit bat (C. horsfieldii) Peters's fruit bat (C. luzoniensis) Minute fruit bat (C. minutus) Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (C. nusatenggara) Greater short-nosed fruit bat (C. sphinx) Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat (C. titthaecheilus) Dyacopterus (Dayak fruit bats) Brooks's dyak fruit bat (D. brooksi) Rickart's dyak fruit bat (D. rickarti) Dayak fruit bat (D. spadiceus) Haplonycteris Fischer's pygmy fruit bat (H. fischeri) Latidens Salim Ali's fruit bat (L. salimalii) Megaerops Tailless fruit bat (M. ecaudatus) Javan tailless fruit bat (M. kusnotoi) Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat (M. niphanae) White-collared fruit bat (M. wetmorei) Otopteropus Luzon fruit bat (O. cartilagonodus) Penthetor Dusky fruit bat (P. lucasi) Ptenochirus (Musky fruit bats) Greater musky fruit bat (P. jagori) Lesser musky fruit bat (P. minor) Sphaerias Blanford's fruit bat (S. blanfordi) Thoopterus Swift fruit bat (T. nigrescens) Subfamily Harpyionycterinae Aproteles Bulmer's fruit bat (A. bulmerae) Dobsonia (Bare-backed fruit bats) Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat (D. anderseni) Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (D. beauforti) Philippine naked-backed fruit bat (D. chapmani) Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat (D. crenulata) Biak naked-backed fruit bat (D. emersa) Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (D. exoleta) Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat (D. inermis) Lesser naked-backed fruit bat (D. minor) Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (D. moluccensis) Panniet naked-backed fruit bat (D. pannietensis) Western naked-backed fruit bat (D. peroni) New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (D. praedatrix) Greenish naked-backed fruit bat (D. viridis) Harpyionycteris Sulawesi harpy fruit bat (H. celebensis) Harpy fruit bat (H. whiteheadi) Subfamily Macroglossinae Macroglossus (Long-tongued fruit bats) Long-tongued nectar bat (M. minimus) Long-tongued fruit bat (M. sobrinus) Melonycteris Fardoulis' blossom bat (M. fardoulisi) Black-bellied fruit bat (M. melanops) Woodford's fruit bat (M. woodfordi) Notopteris (Long-tailed fruit bats) Long-tailed fruit bat (N. macdonaldi) New Caledonia blossom bat (N. neocaledonica) Syconycteris (blossom bats) Common blossom bat (S. australis) Halmahera blossom bat (S. carolinae) Moss-forest blossom bat (S. hobbit) Subfamily Pteropodinae Acerodon Sulawesi flying fox (A. celebensis) Talaud flying fox (A. humilis) Giant golden-crowned flying fox (A. jubatus) Palawan fruit bat (A. leucotis) Sunda flying fox (A. mackloti) Desmalopex White-winged flying fox (D. leucopterus) Small white-winged flying fox (D. microleucopterus) Eidolon (Straw-coloured fruit bats) Madagascan fruit bat (E. dupreanum) Straw-coloured fruit bat (E. helvum) Mirimiri Fijian monkey-faced Bat (M. acrodonta) Neopteryx Small-toothed fruit bat (N. frosti) Pteralopex Bougainville monkey-faced Bat (P. anceps) Guadalcanal monkey-faced Bat (P. atrata) Greater monkey-faced Bat (P. flanneryi) Montane monkey-faced Bat (P. pulchra) New Georgian monkey-faced Bat (P. taki) Pteropus (flying foxes) P. alecto species group: Black flying fox (P. alecto) P. caniceps species group: Ashy-headed flying fox (P. caniceps) P. chrysoproctus species group: Silvery flying fox (P. argentatus) Moluccan flying fox (P. chrysoproctus) Makira flying fox (P. cognatus) Banks flying fox (P. fundatus) Solomons flying fox (P. rayneri) Rennell flying fox (P. rennelli) P. conspicillatus species group: Spectacled flying fox (P. conspicillatus) Ceram fruit bat (P. ocularis) P. livingstonii species group: Aru flying fox (P. aruensis) Kei flying fox (P. keyensis) Livingstone's fruit bat (P. livingstonii) Black-bearded flying fox (P. melanopogon) P. mariannus species group: Okinawa flying fox (P. loochoensis) Mariana fruit bat (P. mariannus) Pelew flying fox (P. pelewensis) Insular flying fox (P. tonganus) Kosrae flying fox (P. ualanus) Yap flying fox (P. yapensis) P. melanotus species group: Black-eared flying fox (P. melanotus) P. molossinus species group: Lombok flying fox (P. lombocensis) Caroline flying fox (P. molossinus) Rodrigues flying fox (P. rodricensis) P. neohibernicus species group: Great flying fox (P. neohibernicus) P. niger species group: Aldabra flying fox (P. aldabrensis) Mauritian flying fox (P. niger) Madagascan flying fox (P. rufus) Seychelles fruit bat (P. seychellensis) Pemba flying fox (P. voeltzkowi) P. personatus species group: Bismarck masked flying fox (P. capistratus) Masked flying fox (P. personatus) Temminck's flying fox (P. temminckii) P. poliocephalus species group: Big-eared flying fox (P. macrotis) Geelvink Bay flying fox (P. pohlei) Grey-headed flying fox (P. poliocephalus) P. pselaphon species group: Chuuk flying fox (P. insularis) Temotu flying fox (P. nitendiensis) Bonin flying fox (P. pselaphon) Vanikoro flying fox (P. tuberculatus) New Caledonia flying fox (P. vetulus) P. samoensis species group: Vanuatu flying fox (P. anetianus) Samoa flying fox (P. samoensis) P. scapulatus species group: Gilliard's flying fox (P. gilliardorum) Lesser flying fox (P. mahaganus) Little red flying fox (P. scapulatus) Dwarf flying fox (P. woodfordi) P. subniger species group: Admiralty flying fox (P. admiralitatum) Ryukyu flying fox (P. dasymallus) Nicobar flying fox (P. faunulus) Gray flying fox (P. griseus) Ontong Java flying fox (P. howensis) Small flying fox (P. hypomelanus) Ornate flying fox (P. ornatus) Little golden-mantled flying fox (P. pumilus) Philippine gray flying fox (P. speciosus) P. vampyrus species group: Indian flying fox (P. giganteus) Andersen's flying fox (P. intermedius) Lyle's flying fox (P. lylei) Large flying fox (P. vampyrus) Styloctenium Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (S. mindorensis) Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (S. wallacei) Subfamily Rousettinae Eonycteris (Dawn fruit bats) Greater nectar bat (E. major) Cave nectar bat (E. spelaea) Philippine dawn bat (E. robusta) Rousettus (rousette fruit bats) Subgenus Boneia: Manado fruit bat (R. bidens) Subgenus Rousettus: Geoffroy's rousette (R. amplexicaudatus) Sulawesi rousette (R. celebensis) Egyptian rousette (R. aegyptiacus) Leschenault's rousette (R. leschenaulti) Linduan Rousette (R. linduensis) Comoro rousette (R. obliviosus) Bare-backed rousette (R. spinalatus) Subgenus Stenonycteris: Long-haired rousette (R. lanosus) Madagascan rousette (R. madagascariensis) Subfamily Epomophorinae Epomophorini Epomophorus (Epauleted fruit bats) Angolan epauletted fruit bat (E. angolensis) Ansell's epauletted fruit bat (E. anselli) Peters's epauletted fruit bat (E. crypturus) Gambian epauletted fruit bat (E. gambianus) Lesser Angolan epauletted fruit bat (E. grandis) Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat (E. labiatus) East African epauletted fruit bat (E. minimus) Minor epauletted fruit bat (E. minor) Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (E. wahlbergi) Epomops (Epauleted bats) Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (E. buettikoferi) Dobson's fruit bat (E. dobsoni) Franquet's epauletted fruit bat (E. franqueti) Hypsignathus Hammer-headed Bat (H. monstrosus) Micropteropus (Dwarf epauleted bats) Hayman's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (M. intermedius) Peters' dwarf epauletted fruit bat (M. pusillus) Nanonycteris Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat (N. veldkampii) Myonycterini Lissonycteris Angolan rousette (L. angolensis) Megaloglossus Woermann's bat (M. woermanni) Myonycteris (Little collared fruit bats) São Tomé collared fruit bat (M. brachycephala) East African little collared fruit bat (M. relicta) Little collared fruit bat (M. torquata) Plerotini Plerotes D'Anchieta's fruit bat (P. anchietae) Scotonycterini Casinycteris Short-palated fruit bat (C. argynnis) Scotonycteris Zenker's fruit bat (S. zenkeri) Pohle's fruit bat (S. ophiodon)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Pteralopex
Species:	P. anceps
Binomial name
Pteralopex anceps K. Andersen, 1909
Bougainville Monkey-faced Bat range

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

It inhabits mature forests in upland areas, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville and Bougouriba Province.

The species is on the IUCN Red List as an Endangered species.^[1] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.^[2]

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