Dobsonia inermis K. Andersen 1909

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

Dobsonia inermis K. Andersen 1909

Dobsonia inermis K. Andersen 1909 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4: 532.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Makira ( San Cristobal Isl).

Vernacular Names: Solomons Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Dobsonia inermis subsp. inermis K. Andersen 1909

Subspecies Dobsonia inermis subsp. minimus Phillips 1968

Distribution: Solomon Isls, including Bougainville Isl ( Papua New Guinea).

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

Discussion: viridis species group; see discussion in Bergmans (1978) and Hill (1983). See also Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).