Pteropus allenorum

K. M. Helgen, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Small Samoan Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Pteropodoidea
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Pteropodinae
Tribe: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Helgen, K.M., Helgen, L.E. and Wilson, D.E. 2009-06-25. Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct. American Museum Novitates 3646:1-37.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59791316

Original name as described

Pteropus allenorum

Type material

ANSP 1234

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Apia (13° 49' S, 171° 44' W), Upolu I, Samoa.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Samoa

Taxonomy notes

recently described extinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M., Helgen, L.E. and Wilson, D.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

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004451

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Pteropus allenorum

K. M. Helgen, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

allenorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1234

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at Apia (13*49'S, 171*44'W), a harbor and settlement on the island of Upolu (and today the capital of Independent, or Western, Samoa; fig. 2)

Type locality

Samoa: 13°49′S, 171°43′59″W.

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59791316

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84882966/84882990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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