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SPECIES Dobsonia chapmani
Author: | Rabor, 1952. | Citation: | Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci., 96(2). | Common Name: | Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat | Type Locality: | Philippines, Negros, Bais, Pagabonin. | Distribution: | Cebu and Negros Isls (Philippines). | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Extinct? IUCN 2003 – Extinct. Previously thought to be extinct, but a living population was discovered in 2000 by S. Pedregosa (L. Heaney, pers. comm.). | Comments: | moluccensis species group. Listed by Corbet and Hill (1992) as a possible subspecies of exoleta; also see Bergmans (1978). |
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