Dobsonia moluccensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1830)

[Hypoderma] moluccensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830, in: d'Urville, Voy ... de Astrolabe, Zool., 1 (L'Homme, Mamm. Oiseaux): 86.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluku (Moluccas), Amboina Isl.

Vernacular Names: Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Molucca Isls including Bacan, Buru and Seram; Banda Isls, Aru Isls, Waigeo (Prov. of Papua, Indonesia).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: moluccensis species group. Does not include pannietensis; see Bergmans (1979). Koopman (1979, 1982) included magna and anderseni in moluccensis, but see Bergmans and Sarbini (1985) and Bonaccorso (1998).