Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat

Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dobsonia
Species:
D. anderseni
Binomial name
Dobsonia anderseni
Thomas, 1914
Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat range

Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) 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.

  1. ^ Leary, T.; Helgen, K.; Bonaccorso, F.J. (2020). "Dobsonia anderseni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136374A22012133. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136374A22012133.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.