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Samoa flying fox

Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848

NTNear Threatenedbats

The samoa flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh about 310 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Samoa flying fox (Pteropus samoensis)
Photo: Ryan Somma · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the samoa flying fox

Weight
310 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
82 cm – 90 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the samoa flying fox?

SAMOA FLYING FOX · WINGSPAN 90 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 90 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the samoa flying fox is about 53% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the samoa flying fox live?

Not recorded

What is the samoa flying fox?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Samoa flying fox” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samoa_flying_fox&oldid=1373846128), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the samoa flying fox endangered?

The samoa flying fox is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species.

How is the samoa flying fox classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus samoensis Peale, 1848
Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • Common Samoan flying foxEnglish
  • Samoa flying-foxEnglish
  • Samoa flying-foxEnglish
  • Samoan flying foxEnglish
  • Samoan flying foxEnglish
  • kaloň samojskýCzech
  • Samoa-FlughundGerman
  • samoasaartenlenkkoFinnish
  • Roussette des SamoaFrench
  • Roussette des ïles SamoaFrench
  • Volpe volante delle SamoaItalian
  • サモアオオコウモリJapanese
  • 사모아날여우박쥐Korean
  • SamoaflygehundNorwegian Bokmål
  • SamoavleerhondDutch
  • Rudawka samoańskaPolish
  • Самоанская летучая лисицаRussian
  • ค้างคาวแม่ไก่ซามัวThai
  • 薩摩亞狐蝠Chinese

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Relatives of the samoa flying fox

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the samoa flying fox?

An adult samoa flying fox weighs 310 g and has a wingspan of 82 cm – 90 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the samoa flying fox endangered?

The samoa flying fox is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the samoa flying fox?

The samoa flying fox (Pteropus samoensis) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{samoa_flying_fox_2026,
  title = {Samoa flying fox (Pteropus samoensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/samoa-flying-fox},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}