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Small Samoan flying fox
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Pteropus
Species:	†P. allenorum
Binomial name
†Pteropus allenorum Helgen, Helgen, & Wilson, 2009

The small Samoan flying fox (Pteropus allenorum) 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. Its wingspan was at least two feet, and it weighed around 8 oz. As the type specimen is dead, and no other examples of the species are known, it is believed to be extinct.

References

1. Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Pteropus allenorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T84882966A84882990. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T84882966A84882990.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. A new species found in a jar, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 2009
3. Helgen, K. M. (Kristofer M.); Helgen, Lauren E.; Wilson, Don E. (2009). "Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia, Chiroptera) : two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct". American Museum Novitates (3646): 1–37. doi:10.1206/614.1. S2CID 36030956. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5965

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