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New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat
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New Zealand short-tailed bats

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Mystacinidae

Facts about the family Mystacinidae, the New Zealand short-tailed bats

Analyses not susceptible to long-branch attraction suggest that the Mystacinidae is a sister family to the Phyllostomidae. (Full text)

A basal position for Mystacinidae is congruent with Rag2 data. (Full text)

FAMILY MYSTACINIDAE The family Mystacinidae is a distinctive southern lineage represented by the endemic New Zealand genus Mystacina, which contains only a single surviving species, the lesser short-tailed bat Mystacina tuberculata. (Full text)