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New Britain naked-backed fruit bat

Mammals

The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a megabat of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to the island of New Britain in northern Papua New Guinea. It is one of the naked-backed fruit bats of the genus Dobsonia, which the Wikipedia list of pteropodids places in the subfamily Harpyionycterinae. The same list gives its IUCN status as least concern, names forest and caves as its habitat and records its population trend as unknown. Its own article is a single sentence about its range, so little else about its biology is recorded there.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
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Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
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Source New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Quote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
It is endemic to New Britain island in northern Papua New Guinea.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Dobsonia praedatrix (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3688 Dobsonia praedatrix Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 188.68 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Dobsonia praedatrix (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3688 Dobsonia praedatrix Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 188.68 Ref_117 1
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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432821: species profile of Dobsonia praedatrix
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432821: IUCN Red List category of Dobsonia praedatrix
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Papua New Guinea
    It is endemic to New Britain island in northern Papua New Guinea.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
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