Pteralopex anceps K. Andersen 1909

Pteralopex anceps K. Andersen 1909, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 3: 266.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bougainville Isl.

Vernacular Names: Bougainville Monkey-faced Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Buka, Bougainville Isls (Papua New Guinea); Choiseul Isl and Isabel Isl (Solomon Isls).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Considered a subspecies of atrata by Phillips (1968), but clearly distinct; see Hill and Beckon (1978) Flannery (1991 b, 1995 b), and Parnaby (2002 b). See also Bonaccorso (1998).