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Large Samoan flying fox

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Family
  
Pteropodidae

Scientific name
  
Pteropus coxi

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Megachiroptera

Genus
  
Pteropus

Higher classification
  
Flying foxes

Similar
  
Flying foxes, Megabat, Mammal, Bat, Nendo tube‑nosed fruit bat

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. It was the largest known bat from Polynesia. As the type specimen is dead, and no other examples of the species are known, it is believed to be extinct.

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Large Samoan flying fox Wikipedia