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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".<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> |
'''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" /> |
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''Pipistrellus studeei'' was thought to have existed solely on [[Haha-jima]] Island in [[Bonin Islands]], Japan, where the only known specimen was discovered. |
''Pipistrellus studeei'' 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.<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 100 years.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pipistrellus |
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†P. sturdeei
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| †Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915 | |
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]
Pipistrellus studeei 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.[1] 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 100 years.[1]
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