Scientific name Pteralopex anceps Rank Species | Higher classification Pteralopex | |
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 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) Similar Guadalcanal monkey‑faced bat, Pteralopex, Greater monkey‑faced bat, New Georgian monkey‑f, Woodford's fruit bat |
The Bougainville monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island and Choiseul Island in Melanesia. It inhabits mature forests in upland areas. The species is classified as Endangered by the IUCN.
References
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