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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Dobsonia
SPECIES Dobsonia magna
| Author: | Thomas, 1905. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 423. | | Common Name: | New Guinea Naked-backed Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Mambare River, Tamata, 100 ft. (33 m.). | | Distribution: | Waigeo, Yapen, Batanta, and Misool Isls through New Guinea to N Queensland (Australia); possibly the Aru Isls. | | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened as D. moluccense magna. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. | | Comments: | moluccensis species group. Often included in moluccensis (e.g., Koopman, 1979; Hill, 1983), but see Bergmans and Sarbini (1985). Also see Flannery (1995a, b). |
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