The Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat (''Dobsonia inermis'') is a species 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 is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

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Dobsonia Bats of Oceania Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands Mammals of the Solomon Islands Mammals described in 1909 Taxa named by Knud Andersen Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Solomons-stub