Pteropus coxi
K. M. Helgen, L. E. Helgen, & D. E. Wilson, 2009
Large Samoan Flying Fox
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| 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/59791308Original name as described
Pteropus coxi
Type material
USNM:MAMM:3953 (= USNM:MAMM:A3791)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38459dfa0-3034-44c5-a3b9-9586421a59d1Type locality
Samoan Is.
Biogeographic realm
Oceania (Biorealm)
Country distribution
Samoa
Taxonomy notes
recently described extinct species
Taxonomy notes citation
Helgen, K.M., Helgen, L.E., Wilson, D.E. 2009. Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, Probably Extinct. American Museum Novitates, No. 3646: 1-37.
IUCN Red List status
Extinct
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