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New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Mystacinidae
Species : Mystacina tuberculata
The New zealand lesser short-tailed bat is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the New Zealand lesser shorttailed bat
A young / baby of a New Zealand lesser shorttailed bat is called a 'pup'. A New Zealand lesser shorttailed bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.Countries
New Zealand
Facts about the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat
Description The New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat is remarkable for the fact that it is the most terrestrial bat in the world; more at home on the forest floor than flying through the treetops. (Full text)
This ‘Nationally Vulnerable’ ancient species is unique to New Zealand and, along with the short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) is our only endemic land mammal. (Full text)
(1986) used albumen immunology to suggest that Mystacina tuberculata is a basal member of the South American superfamily Noctilionoidea (=Phyllostomoidea), with dispersal to New Zealand from South America interpreted to have occurred more than 35 million years ago. (Full text)
The short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) is so different from other bats that it belongs to a family of its own, the Mystacinidae, which exists only in New Zealand. (Full text)