New Zealand Mammals

11002-03118 Central lesser short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia) inside nursery tree with young. 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. Rangataua Forest *

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11002-03118 Central lesser short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata rhyacobia) inside nursery tree with young. 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. Rangataua Forest *

Short tailed bat roost 03118 New Zealand mammals pekapeka tou poto nursery young baby flying native mammal central volcanic plateau lesser