Bare-backed fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Bare-backed fruit bat Dobsonia moluccensis Least concern

Where the bare-backed fruit bat lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 162 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Dobsonia moluccensis
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the bare-backed fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bare-backed fruit bat in 2 countries and territories across Oceania.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the bare-backed fruit bat endangered?

The bare-backed fruit bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bare-backed fruit bat?

The bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Dobsonia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bare-backed fruit bat

The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bare-backed fruit bat (revision 1314196866), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301753 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).