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title: "Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat"
description: "Dobsonia moluccensis — Mammiferi. The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/moluccan-naked-backed-fruit-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat

> Dobsonia moluccensis — Mammiferi. The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Dobsonia moluccensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 50
- Wikidata: [Q301753](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301753)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40820](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40820)

## Names

- en: Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat
- de: Molukken-Nacktrückenflughund

## Countries with the most observations

ID (27)

## Summary

The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-backed_fruit_bat

## Photo

![Moluccan Naked-backed Fruit Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/moluccan-naked-backed-fruit-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dobsonia_moluccensis_-_Museo_Civico_di_Storia_Naturale_Giacomo_Doria_-_Genoa,_Italy_-_DSC02537.JPG

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/moluccan-naked-backed-fruit-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).