Guadalcanal Monkey-faced Fruit Bat

Guadalcanal Monkey-faced Fruit BatThe black or blackish-brown fruit bat Pteralopex atrata is recorded mainly from lowland primary forest on Guadalcanal; its natural history remains poorly known.What does it look like?P. atrata is described as black or blackish brown; its pelage differs in texture, length, and distribution from that of the related P. anceps.How does it live?The black or blackish-brown fruit bat Pteralopex atrata is recorded mainly from lowland primary forest on Guadalcanal; its natural history remains poorly known.Known records are mainly from lowland primary forest on Guadalcanal. Helgen notes that detailed natural-history information for the group is limited.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.