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Specimen details for Reference number 13829
TAXONOMIC DATA
Name: Pteropus samoensis
Authority: Peale, 1848
Family: Pteropodidae
Order: Chiroptera
Common name: Samoan Flying Fox
Threat status: Vulnerable
DESCRIPTION
Nature of specimen: Whole specimen in spirit
Nature of specimen code: AL
Sex: not known
Catalogue name: Pteropus samoensis
Label name: Pteropus samoensis
LOCALITY DATA
Locality: Western Samoa
Country: Samoa
Region: Australasian
Altitude: not known
ACQUISITION DATA
Collector/s: Rev. S.J. Whitmore
Date of collection: not known
Method of acquisition: Presented by the Reverend Canon H.B.Tristram
Date of acquisition: 13 Mar 1879
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