New Zealand Mammals

11002-02119 South Island lesser short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata) in petrel burrow, eating weta. 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 *

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11002-02119 South Island lesser short-tailed bat, or pekapeka tou poto (Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata) in petrel burrow, eating weta. 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 *

Short tailed bat 02119 pekapeka tou poto New Zealand lesser mammals Mystacina tuberculata eating weta southern south island