Dobsonia minor

(Dobson, 1879)

Lesser 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

Dobson, G.E. 1879-04. Notes on recent additions to the collection of Chiroptera in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle at Paris, with descriptions of new and rare species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(4):873-883.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519583

Original name as described

Cephalotes minor

Other common names

Lesser Bare-backed Fruit Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2118

Type locality

"Amberbaki, [north-west] New Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004398

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.

Cephalotes minor

(Dobson, 1879)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2118

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2118

Authority page

875

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519583

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Dobsonia minor

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

London

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 #6770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6770/22034445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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