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Typhlops cariei

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA SQUAMATA TYPHLOPIDAE

Scientific Name: Typhlops cariei
Species Authority: Hoffstetter, 1946

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 2.3
Year Published: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Justification:
Known only from Mauritius, this species has not been recorded since the 17th century.
History:
1994 Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Typhlops cariei was known only from Mauritius.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Mauritius
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Population [top]

Population: It was last recorded in the 17th century.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The introduction of predatory species to the island has been blamed for the extinction of this species.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Typhlops cariei. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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