Sturdee's pipistrelle
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| name = Pipistrellus sturdeei
| image =
| status = EX
| extinct = 1889
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Pipistrellus
| species = sturdeei
| authority = Thomas, 1915
}}
Sturdee's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus sturdeei), also known as the Japanese bat or Bonin pipistrelle, is an extinct species of bat that was endemic to Japan. The last time this bat was seen was in 1889. However, The sturdee's pipistrelle was declared extinct between 1996 and 2004.
Description
Pipistrellus sturdeei was thought to have existed solely on Haha-jima Island in the Bonin Islands, Japan, where the only known specimen was discovered. More recent scholarship, though, places doubt on the single specimen's origin and taxonomy. 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 since 1889.
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Category:Mammals described in 1915
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Category:Endemic mammals of Japan
Category:Natural history of the Bonin Islands
Category:Extinct animals of Japan
Category:Species known from a single specimen
Category:Mammal extinctions since 1500
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