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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Vulnerable |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This little-known species has been recorded from lowland tropical moist forest, and a single individual was collected flying around a village house (Flannery 1995). This was a very small village and was surrounded by primary and some secondary lowland rainforest (T. Leary pers. comm.). It is believed to be a foliage-gleaning insectivore (Bonaccorso 1998, Flannery 1995). Roosting habitat is unknown but it has been speculated that it may not roost in caves (given the number of caves searched within the species range), and that instead it may roost in tree hollows or strangler figs (Ficus spp.) (Lavery et al. 2013).
Little is known of the reproduction of the species other than an adult female with an attached neonate (estimated to be no more than 2 weeks old) was captured in November on Isabel (Lavery et al. 2013). A juvenile male is amongst the six specimens collected by Woodford in 1888, but there is no information about the time of year collected.
Little is known of the reproduction of the species other than an adult female with an attached neonate (estimated to be no more than 2 weeks old) was captured in November on Isabel (Lavery et al. 2013). A juvenile male is amongst the six specimens collected by Woodford in 1888, but there is no information about the time of year collected.
Range:
Flower-faced bats are restricted to Bougainville in North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea, and to the islands of Ngella (Florida), Choiseul, Isabel (Santa Isabel), and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands (Flannery 1995, Bonaccorso 1998, Lavery et al. 2013). It may also occur on Buka Island in North Solomons Province, but this is yet to be confirmed. It is extremely rare across its range, with eight recorded collections of 19 specimens (Lavery et al. 2013). The species ranges from sea level up to 411 m asl (Lavery et al. 2013).
Conservation:
The Flower-faced bat is not known from any protected areas. Protection and restoration of lowland forests are likely important actions given the species distribution. Further studies into the distribution, habitat use, roosting requirements, general ecology, and threats to this species are needed.