New Britain naked-backed fruit bat

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

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.

References

  1. Helgen, K.; Bonaccorso, F. & Hamilton, S. (2008). "Dobsonia praedatrix". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T6777A12805008. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T6777A12805008.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.


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