New Georgian monkey-faced bat

The New Georgian monkey-faced bat or New Georgian flying monkey (Pteralopex taki) is a recently described species of megabat endemic to the New Georgia and Vangunu Islands. It is presumably extinct on Kolombangara Island, and the remaining populations on other islands are threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Consequently, it is considered vulnerable by the IUCN.^[2] In 2013, Bat Conservation International listed this species as one of the 35 species of its worldwide priority list of conservation.^[3]

New Georgian monkey-faced bat[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Pteralopex
Species:	P. taki
Binomial name
Pteralopex taki Parnaby, 2002
New Georgian monkey-faced bat range (red — extant, black — extinct)