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) | |
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| 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.
References
- HERGE 2005, Bats, The Henipavirus Ecology Collaborative Research Group, accessed 7 September 2006 from <http://www.henipavirus.org/virus_and_host_info/virus_and_host_info.htm>
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