Dobsonia emersa

Bergmans & Sarbini, 1985

Biak 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. and Sarbini, S. 1985. Fruit bats of the genus Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 from the islands of Biak, Owii, Numfoor and Yapen, Irian Jaya (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Beaufortia 34(6):181-189.

Original name as described

Dobsonia emersa

Other common names

Biak Bare-backed Fruit Bat

Type material

NAMRU 5605

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sorido, Biak Island, Papua Province, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004395

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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 emersa

Bergmans & Sarbini, 1985

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

emersa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NAMRU 5605

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Beaufortia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6774/22033892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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