Nyctimene sanctacrucis
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CHIROPTERA
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Family:
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PTEROPODIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Nyctimene sanctacrucis
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Species Authority:
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Troughton, 1931
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Common Name/s:
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NENDO TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Chiroptera Specialist Group
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Justification:
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Nyctimene sanctacrucis was last recorded in 1907 on Nendo in the Santa Cruz Islands.
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History:
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| 1994 | - | Extinct (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Solomon Islands
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Mickleburgh, S.P., Hutson, A.M. and Racey, P. (compilers) 1992. Old World Fruit Bats. An Action Plan for their Conservation. IUCN/SSC Chiroptera Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland Switzerland. Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
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