Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 319

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scientific name	Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)
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[Hypoderma] moluccensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 , in: d'Urville, Voy ... de Astrolabe, Zool., 1 (L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux): 86.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluku ( Moluccas), Amboina Isl.

Vernacular Names: Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Molucca Isls including Bacan, Buru and Seram; Banda Isls, Aru Isls, Waigeo (Prov. of Papua, Indonesia).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: moluccensis species group. Does not include pannietensis ; see Bergmans (1979). Koopman (1979, 1982) included magna and anderseni in moluccensis , but see Bergmans and Sarbini (1985) and Bonaccorso (1998).