Pteralopex pulchra Flannery, 1991

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Pteralopex pulchra Flannery, 1991

Rec. Aust. Mus. 43(2): 125, figs 2–3, table 1. (22 November 1991).

Common name. Montane Monkey-faced Bat.

Current name. Pteralopex pulchra Flannery, 1991 ; following Simmons (2005).

Holotype. M.21842 by original designation. Female adult, field number LA255, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue; collected by T. F. Flannery, I. Aujare and T. Leary on 17 May 1990. Registered 5 June 1990.

Condition. Cranium and both dentaries complete, with retained soft palate. Body in alc. has broken left forearm, hole in the dorsal surface of the skin of the right side of the head.

Type locality. Southern slopes of Mount Makarakomburu (9°44'S 160°01'E), Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands. Altitude 1, 230 m.

Comments. Known only from the holotype (Leary, Helgen & Hamilton, 2008).