Large Samoan Flying Fox

Pteropus coxi

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae

The large Samoan flying fox (Pteropus coxi) 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. The only known specimen was collected by an American expedition to Samoa in 1838–1842. It was rediscovered by Smithsonian mammalogist Kristofer Helgen preserved in alcohol.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Large Samoan Flying Fox

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