- Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat
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Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Dobsonia Species: D. crenulata Binomial name Dobsonia crenulata
K. Andersen, 1909Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat range The Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat (Dobsonia crenulata) is a common and widespread species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.
"Non-Moluccan populations apparently represent an undescribed subspecies (K. Helgen pers. comm.). The species is found in Indonesia, in northern Moluccas, Togian Islands, Sangihe Islands, Talaud Islands, Pelang, and Sulawesi and other Indonesian islands (Muno, Buton, Peleng, Kabaena, Mangole, Sanana, Halmahera, Siau, Sangihe, Karekelang and also Hoga Island). It is commonly found in gardens and disturbed forest (Flannery 1995). It is not dependent on water. It roosts in caves, trees, and rock crevices. This species lives in large colonies. Births probably take place in December (Flannery 1995)."[1]
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References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Dobsonia crenulata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 May 2011.
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