Dobsonia praedatrix

Andersen, 1909

New Britain 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 praedatrix

Other common names

Bismarck Bare-backed Fruit Bat · New Britain Bare-backed Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/82ffbf22-7926-4acd-9109-eaecce2b541f

Type locality

"Duke of York group," Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004402

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 praedatrix

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

praedatrix

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/82ffbf22-7926-4acd-9109-eaecce2b541f

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 #6777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6777) (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/1004402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6777/22033332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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