Lesser naked-backed fruit bat

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Lesser naked-backed fruit bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species:
D. minor
Binomial name
Dobsonia minor
Dobson, 1879
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Lesser naked-backed fruit bat range

The lesser naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia minor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

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References

  1. Leary, T.; Helgen, K.; Bonaccorso, F.J. (2020). "Dobsonia minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T6770A22034445. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T6770A22034445.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.