Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat Dobsonia beauforti Least concern

Where the Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat lives – recorded in 1 country, 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-collected museum specimen (a central record among 18 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Dobsonia beauforti
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

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 Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat endangered?

The Beaufort's naked-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 Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat?

The Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Dobsonia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat

Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in caves.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat (revision 1351276864), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301799 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).