Sturdee's Pipistrelle

Taxobox
name = "Pipistrellus sturdeei"


status = DD
status_system = iucn2.3
extinct = 2000
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Eutheria
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Vespertilionidae
subfamilia = Vespertilionidae
genus = Pipistrellus
species = P. sturdeei

Sturdee's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus sturdeei), is a bat that lived in Japan before officially becoming extinct in 2000. In Japan it was known as Ogasawara-shoto.

Range

Pipistrellus studeei is known to have existed only on Hahajima Island in Bonin Islands, Japan. Some experts claim that this species never actually lived in Japan and it's locality in Japan is just an error. As a result, the true distribution and origin of this animal is unknown.

Population

The previous population of this animal is unknown because only one specimen has been preserved, which is currently housed in the British Museum of Natural History. There have been no additional records of the Studee's Pipistrelle for over a century.

Habitat and Ecology

Unknown

External links

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/17365/all IUCN Red List]
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Pipistrellus_sturdeei.html Amimal Diversity: Pipistrellus sturdeei]