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New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat
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Information
Range Solomon Islands, more specifically New Georgia and Vangunu Islands.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera
Family Pteropodidae
Genus Pteralopex
Species Pteralopex pulchra
Conservation Status
ENSpecies
Endangered

The New Georgian monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex taki), is a species of monkey-faced bat endemic to the Solomon Islands, more specifically New Georgia and Vangunu Islands. It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and remaining population on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Consequently, it is considered endangered by IUCN.

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