Dobsonia

• Lesser Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia minor

  

  The lesser naked-backed fruit bat is a fruit bat recorded on New Guinea and nearby islands. Its wing membranes are visible across the back; the treatment considers a Sulawesi record uncertain.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.

• Andersen's Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia anderseni

  This bare-backed fruit bat occurs in the Bismarck and Admiralty islands. Reports describe roosts in caves, fissures and shallow overhangs, as well as feeding on fruit in and below the canopy.

• Beaufort's Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia beauforti

  This fruit bat was described from Waigeo Island. Its only precisely known locality is near the island’s north coast, though nearby islets may also hold it.

• Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia chapmani

  The Negros naked-backed fruit bat is a cave-roosting fruit bat recorded on Negros and Cebu in the Philippines. Live animals were confirmed during a 2001 survey on Cebu.

• Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia crenulata

  A naked-backed fruit bat reported from Sulawesi and the Moluccas, it has been recorded roosting in trees and a cave on Buton Island.

• Biak Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia emersa

  This medium-sized fruit bat was described from specimens collected on Biak and Owii islands. The paper's ecological information is mainly limited to where specimens were collected.

• Sulawesi Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia exoleta

  This fruit bat has bare skin across its back and tail, with black wing membranes. A 2024 survey in Bualemo, Central Sulawesi, found it only in secondary forest there.

• Solomons Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia inermis

  This fruit bat is native to the Solomon Islands archipelago. A survey on New Georgia Island documented a large roost in a limestone cave.

• Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia moluccensis

  The Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat is a large fruit-eating bat whose wing membranes meet along the middle of its back, making the back appear bare. It occurs in the Moluccas.

• Panniet Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia pannietensis

  The Panniet Naked-backed Fruit Bat is a large fruit-eating bat of islands in Papua New Guinea. Its name refers to the apparently bare center of its back.

• New Britain Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia praedatrix

  This fruit-eating bat lives on New Britain. Its genus is marked by wings that begin along the spine, making the back look bare; tracked bats visited forests and cultivated fruit trees.

• Lesser Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia minor

  The lesser naked-backed fruit bat is a fruit bat recorded on New Guinea and nearby islands. Its wing membranes are visible across the back; the treatment considers a Sulawesi record uncertain.

• Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat Dobsonia peronii

  The Western naked-backed fruit bat occurs in Indonesia and Timor-Leste in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The life-history details here are mainly from field observations on Timor.