The Mount Coke false shieldback (Acilacris furcatus) is a tettigoniid orthopteran that is endemic to a single small locality in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It has not been seen since its original discovery in 1965.
| Mount Coke false shieldback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Genus: | Acilacris |
| Subgenus: | Acilacris |
| Species: | A. furcatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acilacris furcatus Naskrecki, 1996
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References
edit- ^ Bazelet, C. & Naskrecki, P. (2014). "Acilacris furcatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T20638495A56180068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T20638495A56180068.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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