Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 - Old World fruit bats
         Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762 - flying foxes
           Pteropus samoensis species group
             1 Pteropus anetianus Gray, 1870
             2 Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848 - Samoa flying fox