Hand holding a New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat.
Rights: Dan Riskin, CC BY-NC 4.0 Published 29 October 2019 Size: 890 KB Referencing Hub media

A close-up view of a New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata) observed in Fiordland National Park in the South Island.

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    New Zealand bats – pekapeka

    Bats are found throughout the world, except in areas of extreme cold. New Zealand has three species of endemic bats – the long-tailed bat, the lesser short-tailed bat and the greater short-tailed ...

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