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. & 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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