Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952

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 : 318

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scientific name	Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952
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Treatment

Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952 , Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci., 96 (2).

Type Locality: Philippines, Negros, Bais, Pagabonin.

Vernacular Names: Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Cebu and Negros Isls ( Philippines).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Extinct? IUCN 2003 – Extinct. Previously thought to be extinct, but a living population was discovered in 2000 by S. Pedregosa (L. Heaney, pers. comm.).

Discussion: moluccensis species group. Listed by Corbet and Hill (1992) as a possible subspecies of exoleta ; also see Bergmans (1978).