New Zealand Mammals

11002-02212 Northern short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata auporica) a lek species, this male is singing outside his hole in a totara tree at night. 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 *

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11002-02212 Northern short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata auporica) a lek species, this male is singing outside his hole in a totara tree at night. 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 *

Short tail bat singing pekapeka tou poto 02212 New Zealand mammals mammal flying native tailed lesser Mystacina tuberculata totara auporica northern north island