New Britain naked-backed fruit bat

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| name = New Britain naked-backed fruit bat

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Leary, T. |author2=Helgen, K. |author3=Bonaccorso, F.J. |date=2020 |title=Dobsonia praedatrix |volume=2020 |page=e.T6777A22033332 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T6777A22033332.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Dobsonia

| species = praedatrix

| authority = K. Andersen, 1909

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| range_map = New Britain Naked-backed Fruit Bat area.png

| range_map_caption = New Britain naked-backed fruit bat range

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The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Britain island in northern Papua New Guinea.

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