''Dobsonia'' is a genus of
megabat
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera ( bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera '' Acerodon'' and '' Pteropus''— flying foxes. They are the only member of the ...
in the family
Pteropodidae. It contains the following 13 species:
[Nowak, Ronald M. Walker's Bats of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP. 1991.]
Genus ''Dobsonia''
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Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia anderseni''
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Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia beauforti''
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Philippine bare-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia chapmani''
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Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia crenulata''
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Biak naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia emersa''
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Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat
The Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia exoleta'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between ...
, ''Dobsonia exoleta''
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Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat
The Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia inermis'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller ...
, ''Dobsonia inermis''
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New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia magna''
[Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 312–529 in Wilson, D.E. and 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. .
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Lesser naked-backed fruit bat
The lesser naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia minor'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), o ...
, ''Dobsonia minor''
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Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia moluccensis''
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Panniet naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia pannietensis'' (including subspecies ''D. pannietensis remota'' which is sometimes referred to as ''D. remota'')
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Western naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia peroni''
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New Britain naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia praedatrix''
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Greenish naked-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia viridis''
Bat genera
Taxa named by Theodore Sherman Palmer
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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