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Bougainville Monkey-faced Bat

Pteralopex anceps

Classification

The Bougainville monkey-faced bat or Bougainville flying monkey (Pteralopex anceps) is a megabat endemic to Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea and Choiseul Island of the Solomon Islands in Melanesia. It inhabits mature forests in upland areas. Discovery and taxonomy It was first collected by English naturalist Albert Stewart Meek in April 1904 from Bougainville Island.

Distribution

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