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NZ Long-tailed Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus)

February 2021

NZ Long-tailed Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus)
Chlidonias, 5 Mar 2021
    • DavidBrown
      @Chlidonias Have you seen either of the New Zealand bat species in the wild? How difficult are they to see?
      5 Mar 2021
    • Chlidonias
      Sadly, no, I have not. They are both very rare, the Short-tailed Bat extremely-so, and they are both very tiny. I have tried to see Long-tailed Bats in two places in NZ but no luck so far. I have seen the Short-tailed Bat in captivity though, when they were on display at Auckland Zoo a few years back.
      5 Mar 2021
    • DavidBrown
      What was their exhibit like at the zoo? Do they have a nocturnal hall? I assume as insectivorous bats that they were difficult to keep in captivity for long?
      5 Mar 2021
    • Chlidonias
      They were in the nocturnal house (if you imagine an enclosure for a kiwi, they had one like that). Short-tailed Bats forage terrestrially on the forest floor so in captivity they can be fed from a dish.
      5 Mar 2021
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