Sphiggurus pallidus
– 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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RODENTIA
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Family:
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ERETHIZONTIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Sphiggurus pallidus
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Species Authority:
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(Waterhouse, 1848)
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | PALLID HAIRY DWARF PORCUPINE |
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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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Baillie, J.
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Justification:
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MacPhee and Flemming (1999) disagree with the inclusion of S. pallidus on the list of extinctions until the taxonomic uncertainties surrounding the species have been resolved. The species is known only from two immature specimens which probably came from somewhere in the West Indies (range states unknown). The matter has been referred to the relevant Specialist Group for a decision.
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Known only by two specimens reported to be from somewhere in the West Indies.
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Population
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Population:
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Only two specimens known.
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. 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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