Dobsonia inermis

Andersen, 1909

Solomons 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

Andersen, K.C. 1909-12-01. On the fruit-bats of the genus Dobsonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(24):528-536.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097913

Original name as described

Dobsonia inermis

Other common names

Solomons Bare-backed Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1856.7.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aca8abb9-86d9-4734-a9d9-085a89670702

Type locality

"San Cristobal [= Makira Island]," Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004397

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 inermis

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

inermis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.7.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aca8abb9-86d9-4734-a9d9-085a89670702

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097913

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #6778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6778/22033222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dobsonia nesea

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nesea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.1.18.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f559dd5b-1e30-4ab8-8156-aa57bd2ee99a

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097913

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Dobsonia inermis minimus

C. J. Phillips, 1968

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BPBM VZ-BBM-BSIP 23716

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-bsip?id=e1c7776c-86d2-4d8d-8163-66890d7d3fe2

Authority page

809

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385048

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Dobsonia inermis inermis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

inermis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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