Lion's Hill velvet worm

Lion's Hill velvet worm

Taxobox
name = Lion's Hill velvet worm


status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Onychophora
classis = Onychophora
ordo = Onychophora
familia = Peripatopsidae
genus = "Peripatopsis"
species = "P. leonina"
binomial = "Peripatopsis leonina"
binomial_authority = Purcell, 1899
The Lion's Hill velvet worm ("Peripatopsis leonina") is a species of invertebrate in the Peripatopsidae family.

Distribution

It is endemic to South Africa.

Habitat

Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Hamer, M. 2003. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/16620/all "Peripatopsis leonina"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 05 August 2007.


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