Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848 . Mammalia and Ornithology in U.S. Expl. Exped., 8:20.

TYPE LOCALITY: Samoan Isis., Tutuila Isl. (Amer. Samoa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji Isis.; Samoan Isis.

COMMENT: Includes nawaiensis; see Hill and Beckon, 1978, Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 34:65.