Pteralopex

Pteralopex is a genus of large megabats in the family Pteropodidae.^[1] Species in this genus are commonly known as "monkey-faced bats". 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.^[2] Two species, P. taki and P. flanneryi, have been described since 2000.

Pteralopex
Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Pteropodinae
Genus:	Pteralopex Thomas, 1888
Type species
Pteralopex atrata Thomas, 1888
Species
See text

Species

The Fijian monkey-faced bat, formerly placed in this genus, has recently been transferred to the monotypic Mirimiri.^[3]

• Bougainville monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex anceps
• Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex atrata
• Greater monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex flanneryi^[3]
• Montane monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex pulchra
• New Georgian monkey-faced bat, Pteralopex taki^[4]