List of mammals of the Solomon Islands
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This is a list of mammal species native to the Solomon Islands.
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[edit] Order Chiroptera
[edit] Family Pteropodidae
- Dobsonia inermis (Solomons naked-backed Fruit Bat)
- Macroglossus minimus (Dagger-toothed Flower Bat)
- Melonycteris fardoulisi (Black-bellied Fruit Bat)
- Melonycteris woodfordi (Woodford's Fruit Bat)
- Nyctimene major
- Nyctimene malaitensis
- Nyctimene sanctacrucis (Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat; extinct[1])
- Nyctimene vizcaccia
- Pteralopex anceps (Bougainville monkey-faced bat)
- Pteralopex atrata (Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat)
- Pteralopex flanneryi[2]
- Pteralopex pulchra (Montane monkey-faced bat)
- Pteralopex taki
- Pteropus admiralitatum
- Pteropus cognatus
- Pteropus howensis
- Pteropus hypomelanus
- Pteropus mahaganus
- Pteropus rayneri
- Pteropus rennelli
- Pteropus tonganus
- Pteropus tuberculatus
- Pteropus woodfordi
- Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy's Rousette)
[edit] Family Hipposideridae
- Anthops ornatus
- Aselliscus tricuspidatus
- Hipposideros calcaratus
- Hipposideros cervinus
- Hipposideros demissus
- Hipposideros diadema
- Hipposideros dinops
[edit] Family Emballonuridae
- Emballonura dianae
- Emballonura raffrayana
- Mosia nigrescens
- Saccolaimus saccolaimus
[edit] Family Molossidae
- Chaerephon solomonis
[edit] Family Vespertilionidae
- Miniopterus australis
- Miniopterus macrocneme
- Miniopterus schreibersii
- Miniopterus tristis
- Myotis moluccarum
- Pipistrellus angulatus
[edit] Order Rodentia
[edit] Family Muridae
- Melomys bougainville
- Solomys ponceleti
- Solomys salamonis
- Solomys salebrosus
- Solomys sapientis
- Uromys imperator
- Uromys porculus
- Uromys rex
[edit] Reference
- Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
[edit] Notes
- ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Nyctimene sanctacrucis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006.
- ^ New species, cited in Helgen, K.M. 2005c. Systematics of the Pacific monkey-faced bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a new species of Pteralopex and a new Fijian genus. Systematics and Biodiversity 3(4):433-453.
This article was translated from a corresponding article from the Dutch Wikipedia on January 19, 2007.
