Species Dobsonia magna Thomas, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dobsonia magna Thomas, O. 1905. On some Australasian mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 422-428 [423].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 6.1.8.1 ♂ skin & skull, Tamata, Papua New Guinea, 100 ft.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) [considered by some authors to be a synonym of D. magna].

 

Introduction

In synonymy with Dobsonia moluccensis in Mahoney (1988: 105-106) following Andersen (1912: 825).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula, also found in Melanesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, coastal, gregarious, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Prefers dark places for roosts such as mines, deserted houses and thick vegetation.

 

General References

Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Megachiroptera. London : British Museum Vol. 1 2, cii 854 pp. [825]

Bergmans, W. 1978. On Dobsonia Palmer, 1898 from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). Senckenbergiana Biologica 59: 1-18

Dwyer, P.D. 1975. Notes on Dobsonia moluccensis (Chiroptera) in the New Guinea highlands. Mammalia 39: 113-118

Hall, L.S. 1995. Bare-backed Fruit-bat Dobsonia moluccensis. pp. 430-431 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 45: 103-208

Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.

Koopman, K.F. 1979. Zoogeography of mammals from islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2690: 1-17

Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34

Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48

Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. London : British Museum 175 pp. 3 pls.

Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988]

Richards, G. 1986. Dobsonia flight and ecology: more on lift at low speed. Macroderma 2: 20

Robson, S. 1986. A new locality record for the bare backed fruit bat Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830). Macroderma 2: 63-64

Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Bare-backed Fruit-bat)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022	CHIROPTERA	12-Dec-2022	MOVED
12-Dec-2022	CHIROPTERA	12-Dec-2022	MOVED
04-Dec-2018	CHIROPTERA	02-Oct-2018	MODIFIED
17-Nov-2010		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
04-Dec-2018		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)