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Pteropus samoensis (Samoa Flying Fox)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Samoa flying fox or Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in American Samoa, Fiji, and Samoa (where it is known as pe'a and pe'a vao). Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Pteropus samoensis

Infraspecies

Pteropus samoensis nawaiensis
Pteropus samoensis samoensis (Samoan Flying Fox)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  450 grams
Diet [2]  Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  100 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Litter Size [3]  1
Litters / Year [3]  1
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Wing Span [3]  34 inches (.86 m)

Prey / Diet

Predators

Falco peregrinus (Peregrine Falcon)[4]
Homo sapiens (man)[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Population status and behaviours of the Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) on Tutuila Island, American Samoa, Anne P. Brooke, Journal of Zoology, Volume 254, Issue 3, pages 309–319, July 2001
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Pteropus samoensis, Sandra Anne Banack, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 661, pp. 1–4 (2001)
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0