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Dobsonia peronii

Description

Dobsonia peronii (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Cephalotes] peronii E. Geoffroy 1810, Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 104.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Isls, Timor.

Vernacular Names: Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dobsonia peronii subsp. peronii E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Dobsonia peronii subsp. grandis Bergmans 1978

Distribution: Bali, Nusa Penida, Lombok, Moyo, Sangeang, Komodo, Sumbawa, Rinca, Flores, Lembata, Pantar, Alor, Wetar, Babar, Timor, Sematu, Roti, Savu, and Sumba Isls (Indonesia).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Indeterminate. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Discussion: peronii species group. Reviewed by Bergmans (1978) and Kitchener et al. (1997 a). Sometimes spelled peroni (e.g., Andersen, 1912; Koopman, 1993).

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 320, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
E. Geoffroy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Dobsonia
Species
peronii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dobsonia peronii (Geoffroy, 1810) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Bergmans, W. 1978. On Dobsonia Palmer 1898 from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 59: 1 - 18.
  • Kitchener, D. J., S. Hisheh, L. H. Schmitt, and Maharadatunkamsi. 1997 a. Morphological and genetic variation among island populations of Dobsonia peronii (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Tropical Biodiversity, 4: 35 - 51.
  • Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 1. Megachiroptera. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 854 pp.
  • Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp.