Bare-backed fruit bat

Bare-backed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species: D. moluccense
Binomial name
Dobsonia moluccense
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Australian distribution

The bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccense) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.

D. moluccense magna is distinctive as its wings join along the centre of its back rather than its sides giving this bat a ‘hairless’ back. This bat is also unique as it roosts in caves rather than in tree canopies. This species has a mean forearm length of 149 mm, and a mean weight of 374 grams . It is one of 8 Pteropodidaes in Australia.

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