Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pteralopex anceps K. Andersen 1909 Pteralopex anceps K. Andersen 1909 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 3: 266 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Bougainville Isl. Vernacular Names: Bougainville Monkey-faced Fruit Bat . Distribution: Buka, Bougainville Isls ( Papua New Guinea ); Choiseul Isl and Isabel Isl (Solomon Isls). Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered. Discussion: Considered a subspecies of atrata by Phillips (1968), but clearly distinct; see Hill and Beckon (1978) Flannery (1991 b , 1995 b ), and Parnaby (2002 b ) . See also Bonaccorso (1998) .