A taxonomic review of the Genus Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), the monkey-faced bats of the Southwestern Pacific

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-162

  Parnaby, H E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Fiji; Fruit bat; Megachiroptera; Monkey faced bat; New species; Papua New Guinea; Pteralopex acrodonta; Pteralopex anceps; Pteralopex atrata; Pteralopex pulchra; Pteralopex taki; Solomon Islands; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944468835     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM01145     Document Type: Article

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