| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | REPTILIA | SQUAMATA | TYPHLOPIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Typhlops cariei |
| Species Authority: | Hoffstetter, 1946 |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | World Conservation Monitoring Centre | |||
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Justification: Known only from Mauritius, this species has not been recorded since the 17th century. |
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | Typhlops cariei was known only from Mauritius. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Mauritius
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| Population: | It was last recorded in the 17th century. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| 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 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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