Dobsonia Palmer, 1898. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 12: 114.
Cephalotes peronii E. Geoffroy, 1810
Dobsonia anderseni Thomas, 1914.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 13: 435.
Andersen's Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia beauforti Bergmans, 1975.
Beaufortia 23(295): 3.
Beaufort's Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Indonesia, Prov. of Papua, Sorong Div., Waigeo Isl, Njanjef
Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Gebe, Gag, possibly Misool, and Biak Isls (off Vogelkop Peninsula, New Guinea)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2016).
References:
Bergmans, W. 1975. A new species of Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 (Mammalia, Megachiroptera) from Waigeo, with notes on other members of the genus. Beaufortia 23(295): 1-13. Read article.
Bonaccorso, F.J. 2019. Dobsonia beauforti. Pages 111-112 In D.E. Wilson and R.A. Mittermeier (eds.) Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Not available online.
Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Cornell University Press, Ithaca: 464 pp. Not available online.
Dobsonia chapmani Rabor, 1952.
Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci. 96: 2.
Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia crenulata K. Andersen, 1909.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 4: 532.
Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia emersa Bergmans & Sarbini, 1985.
Beaufortia 34: 185.
Biak Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia exoleta K. Andersen, 1909.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 4: 531, 533.
Sulawesi Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia inermis K. Andersen, 1909.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 4: 532.
Solomons Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia magna Thomas, 1905.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, 16: 423.
New Guinea Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia minor (Dobson, 1879).
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878: 875.
Lesser Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830).
In d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool. 1(L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux): 86.
Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia pannietensis (De Vis, 1905).
Ann. Queensl. Mus. 6: 36.
Panniet Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia peronii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810).
Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 15: 104.
Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia praedatrix K. Andersen, 1909.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 4: 532.
New Britain Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia viridis (Heude, 1896).
Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin. 3: 176.
Greenish Naked-backed Fruit Bat
viridis species group. Closely related to viridis; see Bergmans (1975). Bonaccorso (2019) suggests that the record from Sulawati represents a vagrant and that this species may be present on Misool Island as well. Also see Flannery (1995).