Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 150

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7289346
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scientific name	Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848
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Treatment

Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848 View in CoL View at ENA . Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8:20.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji Isis, Samoan Isis.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: nawaiensis , vitiensis, whitmeei.

COMMENTS: Includes nawaiensis ; see Hill and Beckon (1978:65).

Hill, J. E., and W. N. Beckon. 1978. A new species of Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 34: 65 - 82.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Pteropus

Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Pteropus samoensis

Peale 1848: 20

1848

Specimens