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Greenish Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia viridis (Heude, 1896)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The greenish naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia viridis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to some of the northeastern Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, being found on the Kai Islands, the Banda Islands, and the central and southern Molucca Islands, including Seram Island, Ambon Island, and Buru Island.
Wikipedia contributors, Greenish naked-backed fruit bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:02:04.113425+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dobsonia viridis (Heude, 1896)
- Name authority
- (Heude, 1896)
- Common name
- Greenish Naked-backed Fruit Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Dobsonia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYinpterochiroptera Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope & Jong, 2001
- familyPteropodidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyHarpyionyterinae Miller, 1907
- tribeDobsoniini Andersen, 1912
- genusDobsonia Palmer, 1898
- speciesDobsonia viridis (Heude, 1896)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dobsonia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Halmahera Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia crenulata K. Andersen, 1909 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Solomons Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia inermis K. Andersen, 1909 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andersen's Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia anderseni Thomas, 1914 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Negros Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia chapmani Rabor, 1952 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia emersa Bergmans & Sarbini, 1985 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia exoleta K. Andersen, 1909 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia minor (Dobson, 1879) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia moluccensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Panniet Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia pannietensis (De Vis, 1905) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Britain Naked-backed Fruit BatDobsonia praedatrix K. Andersen, 1909 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cephalotes viridis Heude, 1896 Heude, 1896 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631567 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:372KX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.