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Pacific Flying Foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two New Species of Pteropus from Samoa, Probably Extinct

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Helgen, 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: 1-40, DOI: 10.1206/614.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/614.1

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