Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915:230
Ogasawara oil bat, Bonin pipistrelle, Sturdee’s pipistrelle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last Record: 1915 or prior
IUCN status: Data Deficient
There is considerable doubt over the accuracy of the type locality given, from which of the collection of the holotype occured. As a result of this the species may still be extant.
Distribution
Hahajima Island, Bonin Islands, Japan?
Biology
Hypodigm
This species is only known from a single specimen.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Thomas, Oldfield. (1915). On bats of the genera Nyctalus, Tylonycteris, and Pipistrellus. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology (8) 15(85): 230-231.
Other references:
Görföl, Tamás, Fukui, Dai and Csorba, Gábor. (2020). The taxonomic reassessment of a reportedly extinct bat, Pipistrellus sturdeei (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zootaxa 4755(1): 163-170. [Abstract]
Maeda, K. (2008). Pipistrellus sturdeei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (https://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 October 2011.
Yoshiyuki, M. (1989). A systematic study of the Japanese Chiroptera. National Science Museum, Tokyo. 242 pp.
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