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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| - 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. (en)
- La volpe volante di Cox (Pteropus coxi Helgen & Al., 2009) è un pipistrello appartenente alla famiglia degli Pteropodidi, vissuto sulle Isole Samoa e in atto probabilmente estinto. (it)
- Pteropus coxi é uma espécie extinta de morcego da família Pteropodidae. Os espécimes conhecidos foram coletados na expedição americana de 1838-1842 ao arquipélago da Samoa. Seus hábitos e biologia são desconhecidos, era a maior raposa-voadora da Polinésia, e provavelmente foi extinta a mais de um século. (pt)
- Pteropus coxi — вид ссавців з родини криланових (Pteropodidae), ендемік Самоа. Видовим епітетом вшановано американського зоолога, антрополога і лікаря (1841–1897). (uk)
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| - 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. (en)
- La volpe volante di Cox (Pteropus coxi Helgen & Al., 2009) è un pipistrello appartenente alla famiglia degli Pteropodidi, vissuto sulle Isole Samoa e in atto probabilmente estinto. (it)
- Pteropus coxi é uma espécie extinta de morcego da família Pteropodidae. Os espécimes conhecidos foram coletados na expedição americana de 1838-1842 ao arquipélago da Samoa. Seus hábitos e biologia são desconhecidos, era a maior raposa-voadora da Polinésia, e provavelmente foi extinta a mais de um século. (pt)
- Pteropus coxi — вид ссавців з родини криланових (Pteropodidae), ендемік Самоа. Видовим епітетом вшановано американського зоолога, антрополога і лікаря (1841–1897). (uk)
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