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Small Samoan flying fox

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Small Samoan flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. allenorum
Binomial name
Pteropus allenorum
Helgen, Helgen, & Wilson, 2009

The small Samoan flying fox (Pteropus allenorum) is a species of fruit-eating megabat whose type specimen was originally collected in Samoa in 1856, but was not identified as a new species until 2009. Its wingspan was at least two feet, and it weighed around 8 oz. As the type specimen is dead, and no other examples of the species are known, it is believed to be extinct.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Pteropus allenorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T84882966A84882990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T84882966A84882990.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ A new species found in a jar, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 2009
  3. ^ Helgen, K. M. (Kristofer M.); Helgen, Lauren E.; Wilson, Don E. (2009). "Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia, Chiroptera) : two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct". American Museum Novitates (3646): 1–37. doi:10.1206/614.1. S2CID 36030956. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5965