Western naked-backed fruit bat

The western naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia peronii) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Western naked-backed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species:
D. peronii
Binomial name
Dobsonia peronii
(É. Geoffroy, 1810)
Western naked-backed fruit bat range

References

  1. Hutson, A.M.; Suyanto, A.; Helgen, K. (2019). "Dobsonia peronii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6771A22034782.

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