MYSTACINIDAE, Dobson, 1875
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Family MYSTACINIDAE View in CoL
(NEW ZEALAND SHORT-TAILED BATS)
• Medium-sized and tree-roosting, with short, dense, velvety brown fur on body and bare, gray-brown skin on ears, wings, nose, hindlegs, and tail.
• 6-9 cm. View Figure
• Australasian Region (New Zealand). View Figure
• Mostly interiors of indigenous forests from sea level to high elevations but will cross open grassland and forages in scrub and non-native forest plantations.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 4 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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