''Dobsonia'' is a genus of
megabat
Megabats constitute the Family (biology), family Pteropodidae of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genus, genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—Pteropus, flyin ...
in the family
Pteropodidae. It contains the following 14 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
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia anderseni'') is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago including the Admiralty Islands in Pap ...
, ''Dobsonia anderseni''
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Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat
Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia beauforti'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in caves.
Taxonomy and etymology
Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat was species description, described as a new species in 19 ...
, ''Dobsonia beauforti''
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Philippine bare-backed fruit bat
The Philippine naked-backed fruit bat or Philippine bare-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia chapmani'') is a megabat that mostly lives on Negros Island. Two small populations were also found on Cebu Island in the Philippines. Like other bare-backed fru ...
, ''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, ''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, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Du ...
, ''Dobsonia inermis''
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New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat
The New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia magna'' or ''Dobsonia moluccensis magna'') is a species of megabat native to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian islands of Waigeo, Yapen, Batanta, and Misool
Misool, formerly spelled Mysol (D ...
, ''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, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island co ...
, ''Dobsonia minor''
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Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat
The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia moluccensis'') is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1830 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gai ...
, ''Dobsonia moluccensis''
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Panniet naked-backed fruit bat
The Panniet naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia pannietensis''), also known as the De Vis's Bare-backed Fruit Bat and Panaeati Bare-backed Fruit Bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in groups, within caves and tree ho ...
, ''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
The greenish naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia viridis'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to some of the northeastern Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, being found on the Kai Islands, the Banda Islands, and the ...
, ''Dobsonia viridis''
Bat genera
Taxa named by Theodore Sherman Palmer
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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