Sturdee's pipistrelle
| Pipistrellus sturdeei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
| Species: | P. sturdeei
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| Binomial name | |
| Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915
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Sturdee's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus sturdeei), also known as the Bonin pipistrelle bat, is a bat that was thought to have lived in Japan before officially becoming extinct in 2000. In 2020 the IUCN changed its official status to "extinct".[1]
Range[]
Pipistrellus studeei was thought to have existed solely on Haha-jima Island in Bonin Islands, Japan, where the only known specimen was discovered. However, more recent scholarship places doubt on the single specimen's origin and taxonomy.[1]
Population[]
The previous population of this animal is unknown because only one specimen has been preserved, which is currently housed in the Natural History Museum, London. No record of Sturdee's pipistrelle has been observed over the last hundred years.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Fukui, D. & Sano, A. (2020). "Pipistrellus sturdeei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T17365A22123157. Retrieved 10 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Pipistrellus
- Mammals described in 1915
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Bats of Asia
- Endemic fauna of Japan
- Mammals of Japan
- Natural history of the Bonin Islands
- Extinct animals of Japan
- Species known from a single specimen
- Vespertilionidae stubs
- Mammal extinctions since 1500