Pteropus samoensis

T. R. Peale, 1849

Common 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Pteropus samoënsis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:8597 (= USNM:MAMM:A37860)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b06d902-dee6-406c-90e8-9d38f574eb49

Type locality

Tutuila Island (American Samoa), Samoan Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Fiji · Samoa · American Samoa

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004497

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pteropus nawaiensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nawaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.4.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/48362749-23c4-407b-8228-3c33b49508cd

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994624

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Pteropus vitiensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vitiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.12.27.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/36fa43f0-0cd9-491b-a3af-59ee7397fd89

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994626

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus samoënsis

T. R. Peale, 1849

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

samoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:8597 (= USNM:MAMM:A37860)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b06d902-dee6-406c-90e8-9d38f574eb49

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18757/22087415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus whitmeei

Alston, 1874

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

whitmeei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502163

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus samoensis nawaiensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nawaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus samoensis samoensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

samoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus ruficollis

Wilkes, 1844

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ruficollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus fuscicollis

Nicoll, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuscicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

413

Authority publication

The Zoologist

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus rufficollis

Nicoll, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rufficollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

245

Authority publication

The Zoologist

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