Fijian monkey-faced bat
The Fijian monkey-faced bat (Mirimiri acrodonta) Also known as Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey, is a megabat endemic to Fiji. It was discovered in old-growth cloud forest on Des Vœux Peak, the second highest mountain peak (1,195 m) on the island of Taveuni by William and Ruth Beckon in 1976, and is Fiji's only endemic mammal. It has recently been transferred from Pteralopex to its own monotypic genus Mirimiri.
| Fijian monkey-faced bat | |
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| Male near the summit of Des Vœux Peak in Taveuni, Fiji. This individual bat is the holotype of the species. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Mirimiri Helgen, 2005 |
| Species: | M. acrodonta |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirimiri acrodonta (Hill & Beckon, 1978) | |
| Fijian monkey-faced bat range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pteralopex acrodonta | |
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