Dobsonia emersa Bergmans and Sarbini 1985

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 318

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scientific name	Dobsonia emersa Bergmans and Sarbini 1985
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Dobsonia emersa Bergmans and Sarbini 1985 View in CoL

Dobsonia emersa Bergmans and Sarbini 1985 View in CoL , Beaufortia, 34: 185.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua, Biak, Sorido.

Vernacular Names: Biak Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Biak and Owii Isls (in Geelvink Bay, New Guinea).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Discussion: moluccensis species group. See Flannery (1995 b). There is a closely related, undescribed species on Numfoor Isl (K. Helgen, pers. comm.).