11002-04101 Northern short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata auporica) feeding on pollen from the parasitic woodrose (Dactylanthus taylorii) on the forest floor. This curiously semiterrestrial, omnivorous bat is the only surviving species in the bat family Mystacinidae, which is the only mammalian family endemic to New Zealand. Little Barrier Island *
11002-02106 South Island lesser short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata) walking while foraging on the forest floor at night - note the robust hind limbs, and furled wing membranes. This curiously semiterrestrial, omnivorous bat is the only surviving species in the bat family Mystacinidae, which is the only mammalian family endemic to New Zealand. Codfish Island *
