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

Lesser naked-backed fruit bat Dobsonia minor Least concern

Where the lesser 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 minor
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the lesser naked-backed fruit bat live?

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

Papua New Guinea

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 lesser naked-backed fruit bat endangered?

The lesser 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 lesser naked-backed fruit bat?

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

About the lesser naked-backed fruit bat

The lesser naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia minor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lesser naked-backed fruit bat (revision 1351280225), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301481 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).