Dobsonia magna

O. Thomas, 1905

New Guinea 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

Thomas, O. 1905-10-01. On some Australasian mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)16(94):422-428.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215066

Original name as described

Dobsonia magna

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/739a6cf2-15e0-4428-a114-b3d5765cfc77

Type locality

Tamata, Mambare River, Papua New Guinea, 100 ft (33 m) asl.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

Taxonomy notes

may be included under D. moluccensis, but the species is tentatively retained here considering that the two forms may represent a species complex

Taxonomy notes citation

Byrnes, D.G.P. 2005. Evolution among the barebacked fruit bats, Dobsonia (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae). Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. University of Wisconsin, Madison. · Giannini, N.P. 2019. Pteropodidae. In D.E. Wilson and R. Mittermeier (editors), Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats: 16–61. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006728

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 magna

O. Thomas, 1905

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

magna

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/739a6cf2-15e0-4428-a114-b3d5765cfc77

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215066

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1922:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40340248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15187)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Jackson & Groves (2015:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:237) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84882338/209549260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dobsonia moluccensis magna

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

magna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635624

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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