Biology:Small Samoan flying fox
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Short description: Extinct species of bat
| Small Samoan flying fox | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. allenorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus allenorum Helgen, Helgen, & Wilson, 2009
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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
- ↑ 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84882966/84882990. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 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): 1–37. doi:10.1206/614.1. https://zenodo.org/record/5357156. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5965
Wikidata ☰ Q2165818 entry
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