The Admiralty Islands are an archipelago group of 18 islands in the Bismarck Archipelago, to the north of New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. These are also sometimes called the Manus Islands, after the largest island.
The Philippine naked-backed fruit bat or Philippine bare-backed fruit bat is a megabat that mostly lives on Negros Island. Two small populations were also found on Cebu Island in the Philippines. Like other bare-backed fruit bats, its wings meet along the midline of their bodies, making it a very agile flier. It roosted in caves, in areas where little light penetrated the gloom. It was so abundant once that it left piles of guano, which were used by miners as fertilizer.
Geoffroy's rousette is a species of megabat or Old World fruit bats. It is one of 10 species in the genus Rousettus.
The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.
Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. Its natural habitat is in caves.
Dobsonia is a genus of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It contains the following 13 species:
The Biak naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
The Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
The Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.
The lesser naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The western naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Britain island in northern Papua New Guinea.
The greenish naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
The Maggie Taylor's roundleaf bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea.
The mountain tube-nosed fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Guinea island within Papua New Guinea (nation) and Western New Guinea of Indonesia; and to New Britain Island of Papua New Guinea.
The demonic tube-nosed fruit bat is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. The holotype specimen was collected in 1979 on New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago. It was described as a new species in 1983. The range of the species may extend to other islands, however the extent of the range is not presently known.
The Admiralty flying fox is a species of fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae, the megabats. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago including the Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea.
The Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat is a common and widespread species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It is assessed as least-concern by the IUCN as it has a wide range and seems to have no significant threats.
The New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat is a species of megabat native to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian islands of Waigeo, Yapen, Batanta, and Misool.
