New Zealand Mammals
Read More72 / 316
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 *
Shorttailbatsingingpekapeka tou poto02212New ZealandmammalsmammalflyingnativetailedlesserMystacinatuberculatatotaraauporicanorthernnorth island