New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat

New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species: D. magna
Binomial name
Dobsonia magna
Thomas, 1905
Synonyms

Dobsonia moluccensis magna

The New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia magna or Dobsonia moluccensis magna) is a species of megabat endemic to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian islands of Waigeo, Yapen, Batanta, and Misool.[1][2]

See also

References

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dobsonia magna.
  1. Hutson, A. M., Suyanto, A., Helgen, K., Maryanto, I., and Sinaga, U. (2008). "Dobsonia moluccensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (16 November 2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. p. 1315. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Retrieved 31 August 2013.


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