Small Samoan flying fox
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]
| Small Samoan flying fox | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. allenorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus allenorum Helgen, Helgen, & Wilson, 2009 | |
References
- 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 30 July 2020.
- A new species found in a jar, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 2009
- 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 (3646): 1–37. doi:10.1206/614.1. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5965
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