Stumble this page!Dobson's fruit bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Species : Epomops dobsoni
The Dobson's fruit bat is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Dobson
A young / baby of a Dobson is called a 'pup'. A Dobson group is called a 'colony or cloud'.
Facts about the Dobson's fruit bat
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1. hellgrammiate, dobson -- (large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait)
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2. dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus -- (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)
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Corydalus cornutus
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