Sturdee's pipistrelle

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.^[1] The last time this bat was seen was in 1889. However, The sturdee's pipistrelle was declared extinct between 1996 and 2004.

Pipistrellus sturdeei
Conservation status
Extinct (1889)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Genus:	Pipistrellus
Species:	†P. sturdeei
Binomial name
†Pipistrellus sturdeei Thomas, 1915

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.^[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 since 1889.^[1]