New Britain naked-backed fruit bat

The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Britain island in northern Papua New Guinea.

New Britain naked-backed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species:
D. praedatrix
Binomial name
Dobsonia praedatrix
New Britain naked-backed fruit bat range

References

  1. Leary, T.; Helgen, K.; Bonaccorso, F.J. (2020). "Dobsonia praedatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T6777A22033332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T6777A22033332.en. Retrieved 14 December 2020.


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