Animal Info - Solomon Islands

Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area, Economy), References and Links

Threatened Species

Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in the Solomon Islands and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Critically Endangered:
- Bougainville Monkey-faced Flying Fox (Pteralopex anceps).
- Cusp-toothed Fruit Bat (Pteralopex atrata). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Montane Monkey-faced Bat (Pteralopex pulchra). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
Endangered:
- Emperor Rat (Uromys imperator). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Poncelet's Giant Rat (Solomys ponceleti).
Vulnerable:
- Black-bellied Fruit Bat Species (Melonycteris fardoulisi). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Dugong (Dugong dugon).
- Florida Naked-tailed Rat (Solomys salamonis). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Flower-faced Bat (Anthops ornatus).
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).
- Isabel Naked-tailed Rat (Solomys sapientis).
- King Rat (Uromys rex). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat (Emballonura dianae).
- Lesser Flying Fox (Pteropus mahaganus).
- Malaita Tube-nosed Bat (Nyctimene malaitensis). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Old World Leaf-nosed Bat Species (Hipposideros demissus). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Ontong Java Flying Fox (Pteropus howensis). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Orange Fruit Bat (Melonycteris aurantius). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Santa Cruz Flying Fox (Pteropus sanctacrucis). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Temotu Flying Fox (Pteropus nitendiensis). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)
- Vanikoro Flying Fox (Pteropus tuberculatus). (Endemic to the Solomon Islands.)

Environmental and Social Data

Mammals

Total number of species: 53 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 19 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 20 (38 % of total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000: 21 (40 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)

Biodiversity/Ecosystems

Solomon Islands contains portions of the New Guinea Outer Islands/ Solomons Moist Forests and the Northern New Guinea & Coral Sea Marine Ecosystem Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)

Population

Population in 1995: 399,000 (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 14.0 people/sq km (36.3 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 441,039 (World Almanac 1999)

Area

Area: 28,451 sq km (10,985 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)

Economy

Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $684 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $3,000 (World Almanac 1999)

References and Links

References: Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, WRI 1994

General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for the Solomon Islands): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for the Solomon Islands: The Nature Conservancy - Solomon Islands

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