Western naked-backed fruit bat

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Western naked-backed fruit bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species:
D. peronii
Binomial name
Dobsonia peronii
(É. Geoffroy, 1810)
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Western naked-backed fruit bat range

The western naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia peronii) 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.

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References

  1. Hutson, A.M.; Suyanto, A.; Helgen, K. (2019). "Dobsonia peronii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T6771A22034782. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T6771A22034782.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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