Pteralopex taki Parnaby 2002 Pteralopex taki Parnaby 2002, Aust. Mammal., 23: 146. Type Locality: Solomon Isls, New Georgia Isl, Marovo Lagoon, 5 km N of Patutiva Village, Mt Javi, 8°31'S, 157°52'E, 50 m. Vernacular Names: New Georgian Monkey-faced Bat. Distribution: New Georgia Isl and Vangunu Isl (Solomon Isls). Apparently locally extinct on Kolombangara Isl. Conservation: IUCN 2003 – Not Evaluated as Pteralopex sp. nov., but Parnaby (2000 b) recommended that this species be classified in the IUCN threat category of "Critically Endangered.". Discussion: In addition to the original description by Parnaby (2002 b), see Flannery (1995 b), who discussed this species under its common name.

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 334, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519