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Bats – New Zealand’s Only Native Land Mammal

  • Posted on January 21, 2019January 5, 2019
  • Animals

Bats are the only land mammals that lived in New Zealand for millions of years.  The two endemic bats are the Long-tailed bat and Lesser Short-tailed bat. Yes, as crazy as it seems it’s true that New Zealand had no other mammals.  The land that…

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