Dobsonia beauforti

Bergmans, 1975

Beaufort's Naked-backed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Harpyionycterinae
Tribe : Dobsoniini
Genus : Dobsonia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bergmans, W. 1975-01-16. A new species of Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 (Mammalia, Megachiroptera) from Waigeo, with notes on other members of the genus. Beaufortia 23(295):1-13.

Original name as described

Dobsonia beauforti

Other common names

Beaufort's Bare-backed Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMA.MAM.16476.a, ZMA.MAM.16476.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.16476.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.16476.b

Type locality

"from a cave near Nja-njef, Waigeo [Island, Sorong Division, Papua Province], New Guinea," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004392

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dobsonia beauforti

Bergmans, 1975

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

beauforti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMA.MAM.16476.a, ZMA.MAM.16476.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.16476.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.16476.b

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Beaufortia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6772/22034699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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