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Dobsonia Palmer 1898

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Dobsonia Palmer 1898

Dobsonia Palmer 1898, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 12: 114.

Type Species: Cephalotes peroni E. Geoffroy 1810

Synonyms: Hypoderma E. Geoffroy 1828; Tribonophorus Burnett 1829.

Species and subspecies: 14 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Dobsonia anderseni Thomas 1914

Species Dobsonia beauforti Bergmans 1975

Species Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952

Species Dobsonia crenulata K. Andersen 1909

Species Dobsonia emersa Bergmans and Sarbini 1985

Species Dobsonia exoleta K. Andersen 1909

Species Dobsonia inermis K. Andersen 1909

Subspecies Dobsonia inermis subsp. inermis K. Andersen 1909

Subspecies Dobsonia inermis subsp. minimus Phillips 1968

Species Dobsonia magna Thomas 1905

Species Dobsonia minor (Dobson 1878)

Species Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)

Species Dobsonia pannietensis De Vis 1905

Subspecies Dobsonia pannietensis subsp. pannietensis De Vis 1905

Subspecies Dobsonia pannietensis subsp. remota Cabrera 1920

Species Dobsonia peronii (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Subspecies Dobsonia peronii subsp. peronii E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Dobsonia peronii subsp. grandis Bergmans 1978

Species Dobsonia praedatrix K. Andersen 1909

Species Dobsonia viridis (Heude 1896)

Discussion: Reviewed by Jong and Bergmans (1981). Species groups follow Koopman (1994).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 318, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Palmer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Dobsonia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Burnett, G. T. 1829. Illustrations of the Alipeda. Quarterly Journal of Literature, Science and the Arts, 262 - 269.
  • Bergmans, W. 1975. A new species of Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 (Mammalia, Megachiroptera) from Waigeo, with notes on other members of the genus. Beaufortia, 23 (295): 1 - 13.
  • Bergmans, W., and S. Sarbini. 1985. Fruit bats of the genus Dobsonia Palmer, 1898, from the islands of Biak, Owii, Numfoor and Yapen, Irian Jaya (Mammalia; Megachiroptera). Beaufortia, 34 (6): 181 - 189.
  • Bergmans, W. 1978. On Dobsonia Palmer 1898 from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 59: 1 - 18.
  • Jong, N., de, and W. Bergmans. 1981. A revision of the fruit bats of the genus Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 from Sulawesi and some nearby islands (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodinae). Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 37 (6): 209 - 224.
  • Koopman, K. F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics. Handbook of Zoology, vol. VIII, pt. 60, Mammalia, 1 - 217.