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Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat
Dobsonia chapmani Rabor, 1952
Also calledChapman-Nacktriickenflughund (deu) · Chapman-Nacktrückenflughund (deu) · Gołogrzbietek negroski (pol) · Roussette de Chapman (fra) · kaloň Chapmanův (ces) · negrosinkaljuselkä (fin) · ネグロスケナシフルーツコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci. vol.96 2
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Extinct? IUCN 2003 – Extinct. Previously thought to be extinct, but a living population was discovered in 2000 by S. Pedregosa (L. Heaney, pers. comm.).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: moluccensis species group. Listed by Corbet and Hill (1992) as a possible subspecies of exoleta; also see Bergmans (1978).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
activity
Activity patterns. The Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bat is nocturnal. It roosts in small caves or cracks in limestone and forages in karst habitats. Although principally a cavedweller, three specimens were observed roosting in coconut fronds, and thus it is not restricted to forests and is able, to some extent, to use degraded and highly disturbed habitats.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Historically tropical, moist, dipterocarp forests from sea level up to elevations of 860 m. Currently, Philippine Naked-backed Fruit Bats occur in only a few remnant patches of secondary forest on karst limestone where natural but highly disturbed vegetation is principally composed of Alstonia macrophylla (Apocynaceae), Macaranga sp. (Euphorbiaceae), Ficus septica (Moraceae), and Mallotus sp. (Euphorbiaceae) growing on steep slopes not used by agriculture. They will forage in highly disturbed agricultural areas.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432826.