Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952

Dobsonia chapmani Rabor 1952, Nat. Hist. Misc., Chicago Acad. Sci., 96 (2).

Type Locality: Philippines, Negros, Bais, Pagabonin.

Vernacular Names: Negros Naked-backed Fruit Bat.

Distribution: Cebu and Negros Isls (Philippines).

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.).

Discussion: moluccensis species group. Listed by Corbet and Hill (1992) as a possible subspecies of exoleta; also see Bergmans (1978).