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Monotypic.; [batnames2022] In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b ), see Flannery (1995 b ), who discussed this species under its commonname.; [batnames2023] In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b ), see Flannery (1995 b ), who discussed this species under its commonname.; [batnames2025_1.7] In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002b), see Flannery (1995b), who discussed this species under its commonname.														taki				taki 	taki 			taki Parnaby, 2002						N/A																																								NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Pteropodidae			Pteralopex taki	Pteralopex		taki	Parnaby		2002		Aust. Mammal.	23		146		New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat	Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m.	New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.	IUCN 2003 – Not Evaluated as Pteralopex sp. nov., but Parnaby (2000b) recommended that this species be classified in the IUCN threat category of “Critically Endangered.”		In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002b), see Flannery (1995b), who discussed this species under its common name.	03A63743915EFFE2E1E0CC2F27B1ABC6	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Mormoopidae_424.pdf.imf	hash://md5/ff9f4f3b9157ffebe472c9232f51a072	128	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/AD/87/03AD87FAFF82F66D8CB2308EFE21F70D.xml	Pteralopex taki	Pteropodidae	Pteralopex	taki	Parnaby	2002	Roussette de Nouvelle-Géorgie @fr | New-Georgia-Affengesichtflughund @de | Pteralopex de Nueva Georgia @es | New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat @en | New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat @en	Pteralopex taki Parnaby, 2002 , *Mi Javi, 8° 31' S , 157° 52' E . 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island , Solomon Islands . Elevation ~ 50 m .” Pteralopex taki is closely related to P. pulchra and genetically distinct in 4% of loci examined. Monotypic.	Solomon Is (Kolombangara, New Georgia , and Vangunu).	Head-body 190 mm (tailless), ear 14-17 mm , forearm 112-123 mm ; weight 225-351 g . Head of the New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat is round, with almost hairless stout muzzle; nostrils are short and divergent. Eyes are moderately large and slightly directed forward, with orange-brown irises. Ears are short, round with blunt tips, and not concealed in fur. General pelage is pale brown, grayish on head, moderately long, and soft; venter has longer and woollier pelage and is pale brown mixed with golden hairs, also on crown in some specimens. Forearm and tibia are sparsely haired. Uropatagium is very narrow, missing in center; and calcar is short. Wings are brown, with undersurfaces to a great extent depigmented, giving appearance of dark and white mottling, more intensely between body, forearm, and fifth digit but also on skin of hindlegs. Index claw is present; all claws are brown. Skull has strong basicranial deflection. Laterally, rostrum is relatively long; forehead is flat, orbit has complete ring formed by circular postorbital process annectant to thick arched zygoma; zygomatic root is above upper alveolar line, and braincase is domed. Dorsally, rostrum is relatively wide, nasals and interorbital region are narrow, postorbital foramina are tiny or missing, temporal lines join right behind orbits in obvious sharp sagittal crest, postorbital constriction is very narrow, braincase is oval, and nuchal crest is obvious. Ventrally, palate is relatively narrow, long, and flat; incisor row is arched; tooth rows are nearly parallel; postdental palate is relatively short; ectopterygoids are large; and ectotympanic is annular but wider anteriorly. Mandible is strong; symphysis is obvious; coronoid is raised and widely decurved; condyle is above sinuous lower alveolar line; and angle is rounded off, with obvious masseteric line. There are 14 palatal ridges; five are smooth, undivided anterior ridges; five more are raised, medially divided ridges; eleventh ridge is undivided;last three ridges are post-dental, close to palation; and middle and posterior ridges are denticulate. I* is larger than I' and with raised posterobasal ledges; C' is massive and long, with large secondary distal cusp and obvious lingual cingulum; P' is minute; posterior cheekteeth are squarish in occlusal outline, with strong anterior and posterior basal ledges and main labial cusp not very tall laterally and decreasing posteriorly; and M? is small. Lower dentition has minute bifid I, and very large tricuspidate L; left and right elements are almost in contact medially and have large distal basal shelf; C, is short, with large distal shelf and raised distal ledge; P, is comparatively large and tricuspidate; posterior cheekteeth are taller than canine anteriorly, decreasing in height posteriorly, with labial main ridge divided into two cusps and posterior ledge raised as a cusp in lateral view, and occlusal outline is rectangular to round posteriorly; and M,is small.	Old growth lowland rainforests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 400 m . Large trees are vital for the New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat. Abandoned oldvillage sites with planted native and exotic fruiting trees are suitable, even preferred foraging habitat, but they are always close to primary forest. Logged and cyclone-damaged forests are avoided.	The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat is predominantly frugivorous, with some flowers in its diet. Fruits consumed are from trees and vines and are either white, pale green, or dark red and very soft to very tough in texture. Fruit from 18 plant species were identified in diets, and figs ( Ficus spp. , Moraceae ) are preferred. Some unripe fruits are eaten (e.g. Canarium , Burseraceae ; and Ceiba , Malvaceae ). Flowers used include Cocos ( Arecaceae ), Ceiba , Barringtonia ( Lecythidaceae ), and the exotic Carica ( Caricaceae ). New leaves of certain trees and vines are consumed. New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats fill their cheeks with fruit, squeeze the juice, and discard dry fibrous pulp and large seeds; small-seeded fruit (seeds less than 3 mm ) are eaten whole. Individuals forage alone and silently; they take fruit on the wing and fly to feeding roosts inside forests. Mixed seeds from different plant species indicate that individuals visit more than one tree each night. Strong dentition suggests use of hard food items, confirmed by pieces of bark, rotten wood, and moss in feces; skilled nut cracking was observed in one temporarily captive individual. These food items are consumed in low proportions and might be important seasonally or during food scarcity.	Lactating and pregnant New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats and immature males and females were recorded in February—-May and a non-reproductive female in June. This suggested seasonal monoestry with reproductive activity concentrated in wet season, with one young/year.	New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats are nocturnal. They leave their roost on orjust after dusk at 18:30-19:00 h, each flying in a different direction. They roost in hollows in canopies or emergent trees. Hollows are located 15-21 m high in trees averaging 26 m and typically halfway up and inside large strangler fig trees ( Ficus ) with central cavity and several entrances.	The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat roosts in small groups; up to nine adults and dependent young have been reported. Roosts are shared with different individuals and also with other mammals (e.g. Admiralty Flying Foxes, Pteropus admiralitatum ; Dwarf Flying Foxes, P. woodfordi , or Northern Common Cuscus, Phalanger orientalis , Phalangeridae ). New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats emit a very loud, high-pitched call, sometimes repeated several times, interspersed with soft chucking, and accompanied by wing flapping that is responded to immediately by other conspecific with identical call beginning before first call had finished, suggestive of duet calling. First callers where males, with females responding on one occasion. Chattering sounds are produced in day roosts. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat flies under the canopy. Home range length is greater than 1 km . It was observed flying over sea between New Georgia and Vangunu, less than 1 km apart, to feed in gardens.	Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat has a limited extent of occurrence (less than 600 km ?), its primary habitat of lowland forests is in rapid decline, and its overall population is estimated to be only ¢.400 individuals distributed on three islands very close to each other (connected during last glacial maximum), and individuals regularly move among the islands to forage. It is hunted for food but not intensely;it is vulnerable to experienced hunters who can locate roosts in conspicuous hollowed trees and by sounds occupants make during the day. Recent surveys confirmed presence of New Georgia Monkeyfaced Fruit Bats on Kolombangara Island. It does not occur in any protected area. Main threats stem from its dependence on old growth lowland rainforest that is rapidly declining due to logging, land conversion to agriculture, and effect of cyclones. Large trees lost to logging operations are a key threat.	Fisher & Tasker (1997) | Flannery (1995a) | Helgen (2005) | Ingleby & Colgan (2003) | Lavery (2017e) | Parnaby (2002b)	https://zenodo.org/record/6448879/files/figure.png	122. New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat Pteralopex taki French: Roussette de Nouvelle-Géorgie / German: New-Georgia-Affengesichtflughund / Spanish: Pteralopex de Nueva Georgia Other common names: New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat , New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat Taxonomy. Pteralopex taki Parnaby, 2002 , *Mi Javi, 8° 31' S , 157° 52' E . 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island , Solomon Islands . Elevation ~ 50 m .” Pteralopex taki is closely related to P. pulchra and genetically distinct in 4% of loci examined. Monotypic. Distribution. Solomon Is (Kolombangara, New Georgia , and Vangunu). Descriptive notes. Head-body 190 mm (tailless), ear 14-17 mm , forearm 112-123 mm ; weight 225-351 g . Head of the New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat is round, with almost hairless stout muzzle; nostrils are short and divergent. Eyes are moderately large and slightly directed forward, with orange-brown irises. Ears are short, round with blunt tips, and not concealed in fur. General pelage is pale brown, grayish on head, moderately long, and soft; venter has longer and woollier pelage and is pale brown mixed with golden hairs, also on crown in some specimens. Forearm and tibia are sparsely haired. Uropatagium is very narrow, missing in center; and calcar is short. Wings are brown, with undersurfaces to a great extent depigmented, giving appearance of dark and white mottling, more intensely between body, forearm, and fifth digit but also on skin of hindlegs. Index claw is present; all claws are brown. Skull has strong basicranial deflection. Laterally, rostrum is relatively long; forehead is flat, orbit has complete ring formed by circular postorbital process annectant to thick arched zygoma; zygomatic root is above upper alveolar line, and braincase is domed. Dorsally, rostrum is relatively wide, nasals and interorbital region are narrow, postorbital foramina are tiny or missing, temporal lines join right behind orbits in obvious sharp sagittal crest, postorbital constriction is very narrow, braincase is oval, and nuchal crest is obvious. Ventrally, palate is relatively narrow, long, and flat; incisor row is arched; tooth rows are nearly parallel; postdental palate is relatively short; ectopterygoids are large; and ectotympanic is annular but wider anteriorly. Mandible is strong; symphysis is obvious; coronoid is raised and widely decurved; condyle is above sinuous lower alveolar line; and angle is rounded off, with obvious masseteric line. There are 14 palatal ridges; five are smooth, undivided anterior ridges; five more are raised, medially divided ridges; eleventh ridge is undivided;last three ridges are post-dental, close to palation; and middle and posterior ridges are denticulate. I* is larger than I' and with raised posterobasal ledges; C' is massive and long, with large secondary distal cusp and obvious lingual cingulum; P' is minute; posterior cheekteeth are squarish in occlusal outline, with strong anterior and posterior basal ledges and main labial cusp not very tall laterally and decreasing posteriorly; and M? is small. Lower dentition has minute bifid I, and very large tricuspidate L; left and right elements are almost in contact medially and have large distal basal shelf; C, is short, with large distal shelf and raised distal ledge; P, is comparatively large and tricuspidate; posterior cheekteeth are taller than canine anteriorly, decreasing in height posteriorly, with labial main ridge divided into two cusps and posterior ledge raised as a cusp in lateral view, and occlusal outline is rectangular to round posteriorly; and M,is small. Habitat. Old growth lowland rainforests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 400 m . Large trees are vital for the New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat. Abandoned oldvillage sites with planted native and exotic fruiting trees are suitable, even preferred foraging habitat, but they are always close to primary forest. Logged and cyclone-damaged forests are avoided. Food and Feeding. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat is predominantly frugivorous, with some flowers in its diet. Fruits consumed are from trees and vines and are either white, pale green, or dark red and very soft to very tough in texture. Fruit from 18 plant species were identified in diets, and figs ( Ficus spp. , Moraceae ) are preferred. Some unripe fruits are eaten (e.g. Canarium , Burseraceae ; and Ceiba , Malvaceae ). Flowers used include Cocos ( Arecaceae ), Ceiba , Barringtonia ( Lecythidaceae ), and the exotic Carica ( Caricaceae ). New leaves of certain trees and vines are consumed. New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats fill their cheeks with fruit, squeeze the juice, and discard dry fibrous pulp and large seeds; small-seeded fruit (seeds less than 3 mm ) are eaten whole. Individuals forage alone and silently; they take fruit on the wing and fly to feeding roosts inside forests. Mixed seeds from different plant species indicate that individuals visit more than one tree each night. Strong dentition suggests use of hard food items, confirmed by pieces of bark, rotten wood, and moss in feces; skilled nut cracking was observed in one temporarily captive individual. These food items are consumed in low proportions and might be important seasonally or during food scarcity. Breeding. Lactating and pregnant New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats and immature males and females were recorded in February—-May and a non-reproductive female in June. This suggested seasonal monoestry with reproductive activity concentrated in wet season, with one young/year. Activity patterns. New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats are nocturnal. They leave their roost on orjust after dusk at 18:30-19:00 h, each flying in a different direction. They roost in hollows in canopies or emergent trees. Hollows are located 15-21 m high in trees averaging 26 m and typically halfway up and inside large strangler fig trees ( Ficus ) with central cavity and several entrances. Movements, Home range and Social organization. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat roosts in small groups; up to nine adults and dependent young have been reported. Roosts are shared with different individuals and also with other mammals (e.g. Admiralty Flying Foxes, Pteropus admiralitatum ; Dwarf Flying Foxes, P. woodfordi , or Northern Common Cuscus, Phalanger orientalis , Phalangeridae ). New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bats emit a very loud, high-pitched call, sometimes repeated several times, interspersed with soft chucking, and accompanied by wing flapping that is responded to immediately by other conspecific with identical call beginning before first call had finished, suggestive of duet calling. First callers where males, with females responding on one occasion. Chattering sounds are produced in day roosts. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat flies under the canopy. Home range length is greater than 1 km . It was observed flying over sea between New Georgia and Vangunu, less than 1 km apart, to feed in gardens. Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat has a limited extent of occurrence (less than 600 km ?), its primary habitat of lowland forests is in rapid decline, and its overall population is estimated to be only ¢.400 individuals distributed on three islands very close to each other (connected during last glacial maximum), and individuals regularly move among the islands to forage. It is hunted for food but not intensely;it is vulnerable to experienced hunters who can locate roosts in conspicuous hollowed trees and by sounds occupants make during the day. Recent surveys confirmed presence of New Georgia Monkeyfaced Fruit Bats on Kolombangara Island. It does not occur in any protected area. Main threats stem from its dependence on old growth lowland rainforest that is rapidly declining due to logging, land conversion to agriculture, and effect of cyclones. Large trees lost to logging operations are a key threat. Bibliography. Fisher & Tasker (1997), Flannery (1995a), Helgen (2005), Ingleby & Colgan (2003), Lavery (2017e), Parnaby (2002b).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Pteropodidae	Pteralopex taki	Pteralopex		taki	Parnaby	2002	0	Aust. Mammal.	1.0597	New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	None.	Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m.	New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.	Not listed.	Vulnerable	In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b ), see Flannery (1995 b ), who discussed this species under its commonname.	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Pteralopex taki	23	New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIFORMES	NA	NA	PTEROPODOIDEA	PTEROPODIDAE	PTEROPODINAE	PTERALOPINI	Pteralopex	NA	taki	Parnaby	2002	0	Pteralopex_taki	Parnaby, H. E. (2002). A taxonomic review of genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the Monkey-faced bats of the South-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy, 23(2), 146.	https://www.publish.csiro.au/am/AM01145	AM M.22320		"Mt Javi, 8° 31' S, 157° 52' E, 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Elevation ~50 m."	-8.517	157.87	taki Parnaby, 2002	NA	NA	Solomon Islands	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	VU	0	0	0	Pteralopex_taki	0	sciname match	Pteralopex_taki	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	29473	Pteralopex taki	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIDAE	Pteralopex	taki	Parnaby, 2002		20000000	Pteralopex taki	Vulnerable	B1ab(ii,iii,v); D1	2017	2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This bat is listed as Vulnerable, because its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 5,906 km², its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in population size the area of occupancy (AOO) and rapid decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat. The population size is now estimated to possibly be ~400.	This species appears to need a core range of mature lowland tropical moist forest containing large old trees. It usually flies below, rather than above, canopy level (Fisher and Tasker 1997). It appears to forage in old gardens and historical village sites with large fig, Ngali (Canarium sp.) and Cut Nut trees (Barringtonia edulis ), close to primary tropical moist forest (Flannery 1995). Animals roost in small colonies in hollow trees, particularly figs with a diameter of over 1.5 m (Fisher and Tasker 1997). Parnaby (2002) estimated the generation length of this species to be between eight and ten years.	The species is threatened by habitat loss through logging operations and land clearance; it is also adversely affected by the conversion of land for large-scale agriculture (e.g, timber and oil palm plantations). It is particularly threatened by the removal of large roost trees (Parnaby 2002). It is vulnerable to, and continues to be threatened by local hunting as it occurs in accessible areas near coastal villages, and is easily caught (Fisher and Tasker 1997, T. Lavery pers. comm). However, it is not intensively hunted.	This species is naturally uncommon. It was the second least frequently netted species out of nine pteropodid bats captured at eight localities across Kolombangara, New Georgia and Vangunu Islands in 1992 (Fisher and Tasker 1997) and again in 2015 (T. Lavery pers. comm). In ideal habitat (mature lowland forest close to stands of fruit trees, e.g., old village sites) population density estimated from the resighting rate of radio-collared bats over three months was around 3 per km², and around 0.15 per km² in primary forest. Based on these data and the probable area of suitable habitat assessed in 1992, the population was then estimated at around 500 mature individuals (D. Fisher pers. comm). Since then, the global population is likely to have declined and there have been further surveys showing that the distribution is more patchy than previously thought (T. Lavery, D. Fisher pers. comm). In 1992, Fisher and Tasker (1997) captured 30 individuals at four localities on Vangunu (two locations) and New Georgia (two locations) at a capture rate of 1.99 individuals per 1,000 metre-squared mist net hours (m<sup>2</sup>net h<sup>-1</sup>). In 2015, repeat surveys at these four localities detected only seven animals with a capture rate of 0.81 individuals per 1,000 m<sup>2</sup>net h<sup>-1 </sup>(a capture rate reduction of 59%). However, in 2015 the species was also recorded at an additional three localities where it was not found in 1992, including the rediscovery of a population on Kolombangara Island. Considering all eight survey locations visited in 1992 and 2015, overall capture rates of this species still declined from 1.72 individuals per 1,000 m<sup>2</sup>net h<sup>-1 </sup>in 1992 to 1.48 individuals per 1,000 m<sup>2</sup>net h<sup>-1</sup> in 2015 (a capture rate reduction of 17%). The population size is now estimated to possibly be ~400 (between 100 and 3,000).	Decreasing	This species is restricted to the islands of Kolombangara, New Georgia and Vangunu in the Solomon Islands (T. Lavery pers. comm).	This bat is locally hunted for food.	Terrestrial	Pteralopex taki is not present in any legislatively protected areas. Protection of suitable lowland forest habitat is urgently needed to conserve this species.	Australasian		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Pteropodidae	Pteralopex		taki	Parnaby	2002	0	Aust. Mammal.	1.059722	New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	None.	Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m.	New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.	Not listed.	Vulnerable	In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b ), see Flannery (1995 b ), who discussed this species under its commonname.	Pteralopex taki	1004441	23	New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIFORMES	NA	NA	PTEROPODOIDEA	Pteropodidae	PTEROPODINAE	PTERALOPINI	Pteralopex	NA	taki	Parnaby	2002	0	Pteralopex_taki	Parnaby, H. E. (2002). A taxonomic review of genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the Monkey-faced bats of the South-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy, 23(2), 146.	https://www.publish.csiro.au/am/AM01145	AM M.22320		"Mt Javi, 8° 31' S, 157° 52' E, 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Elevation ~50 m."	-8.51667	157.8667	taki Parnaby, 2002	NA	NA				Solomon Islands	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	VU	0	0	0	Pteralopex_taki	0	sciname match	Pteralopex_taki	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Pteralopex_taki	1004441	23	New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yinpterochiroptera	NA	NA	Pteropodoidea	Pteropodidae	Pteropodinae	Pteralopini	Pteralopex	NA	taki	Parnaby	0	Pteralopex taki	Parnaby, H.E. 2002. A taxonomic review of the genus _Pteralopex_ (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the monkey-faced bats of the south-western Pacific. Australian Mammalogy 23:145-162.	https://doi.org/10.1071/AM01145	AM M.22320	holotype		"Mt Javi, 8° 31' S, 157° 52' E, 5 km north of Patutiva Village, Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. Elevation ~50 m."	-8.51667	157.8667	NA	NA				Solomon Islands	Oceania (Continent)	Australasia	VU	0	0	0	Pteralopex_taki	0	sciname match	Pteralopex_taki	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Pteropodidae	Pteralopex		taki	Parnaby	2002	0	Aust. Mammal.	1.059722	New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat	None.	Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m.	New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29473/22066155/' target='_blank'>Vulnerable</a>	In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002b), see Flannery (1995b), who discussed this species under its commonname.		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Pteralopex taki; Pteralopex taki; Pteralopex taki; Pteralopex taki; Pteralopex taki; Pteralopex taki; taki; Roussette de Nouvelle-Géorgie; New-Georgia-Affengesichtflughund; Pteralopex de Nueva Georgia; New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat; New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat; New Georgia Monkey-faced Fruit Bat; New Georgia Monkey-faced Bat; New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat; New Georgian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat; P. taki