Sturdee's pipistrelle: Difference between revisions

'''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".<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />

''Pipistrellus studeei'' was thought to have existed solely on [[Haha-jima]] Island in the [[Bonin Islands]], Japan, where the only known specimen was discovered. However, moreMore recent scholarship, though, places doubt on the single specimen's origin and taxonomy.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> 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 hundred100 years.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />