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Samoa - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

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Samoa is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean and the tropical zone. It is located to south of Phoenix islands and to north of Niue. The following shows the distribution of animals in Samoa.
Samoa
Samoa
regionally extinct
in historic age
Megabat Large Samoan Flying Fox (?~AD1840), Small Samoan Flying Fox (?~AD1856)
Samoa
extant species
Megabat Samoa Flying-fox, Insular Flying-fox
Rail Samoan Moorhen
Parrot Blue-crowned Lorikeet  
endemic bird Samoan Triller, Samoan Whistler, Samoan Flycatcher, Samoan Fantail, Samoan White-eye, Samoan Starling
bird (CR) Chatham Albatross
bird (EN) Tooth-billed Pigeon  , Mao
Samoa
marine extant
species
Turtle Hawksbill turtle
Frigatebird Great Frigatebird
Shark Whale shark   (12m), Shortfin mako
Marlin Indo-Pacific sailfish, Black Marlin
Coral Table coral', Brain corals'
Samoa
small extant
species
Bat (EN) Pacific Sheath-Tailed Bat