Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Chiroptera > Mystacinidae > Mystacina > Mystacina tuberculata

Mystacina tuberculata (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The lesser short-tailed bat (Mystacina tuberculata), pekapeka-tou-poto in Māori, is the only living species of bat in the family Mystacinidae, and is endemic to New Zealand. One of the most terrestrial of bats, it is notable for foraging more on the forest floor than any other bat species. Its population is declining, a result of forest clearance and introduced predators.
View Wikipedia Record: Mystacina tuberculata

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Mystacina tuberculata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
28
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
72
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 55.03
EDGE Score: 5.41
View EDGE Record: Mystacina tuberculata

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  24 grams
Birth Weight [1]  3 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Speed [3]  27.335 MPH (12.22 m/s)
Wing Span [3]  11 inches (.29 m)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
North Island temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Rakiura Island temperate forests New Zealand Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Urewera National Park II 525346 New Zealand      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
New Zealand New Zealand Yes

Prey / Diet

Astelia hastata[3]
Astelia microsperma[3]
Dicksonia squarrosa (rough tree fern)[3]
Elaeocarpus pierrei[3]
Freycinetia baueriana (Mountain Rush)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Falco novaeseelandiae (New Zealand Falcon)[3]
Ninox novaeseelandiae (Morepork)[3]
Sceloglaux albifacies (laughing owl)[3]

Providers

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Astelia hastata[3]
Astelia microsperma[3]
Dactylanthus taylorii (wood rose)[3]
Knightia excelsa (rewarewa)[3]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Mystacina tuberculata, Gerald G. Carter and Daniel K. Riskin, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 790, pp. 1-8 (2006)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0