Dobsonia minor
(Dobson, 1879)
Lesser Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Distribution :
C and W New Guinea and adjacent small islands; Sulawesi.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yinpterochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Harpyionycterinae |
| Tribe | : Dobsoniini |
| Genus | : Dobsonia |
Species status
Authority citation
Dobson, G.E. 1879-04. Notes on recent additions to the collection of Chiroptera in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris, with descriptions of new and rare species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4):873-883.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Cephalotes minor
Other common names
Lesser Bare-backed Fruit Bat
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2118 (= MNHN:type:171)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Amberbaki, [north-west] New Guinea."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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