Bare-backed Fruit Bat

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 ahairlessback. 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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