Pteropus samoensis Peale 1848

Pteropus samoensis Peale 1848, Mammalia, in: Repts. U. S. Expl. Surv., Vol. 8: 20.

Type Locality: Samoan Isls, Tutuila Isl (American Samoa).

Vernacular Names: Samoan Flying Fox.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pteropus samoensis subsp. samoensis Peale 1848

Subspecies Pteropus samoensis subsp. nawaiensis Gray 1870

Distribution: Fiji Isls, Samoan Isls.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) and IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Discussion: samoensis species group. Includes nawaiensis; see Hill and Beckon (1978) and Banack (2001).