polska: Waitoreke

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Waitoreke, also commonly referred to as the South Island otter, is an otter/beaver-like creature in New Zealand folklore. In its rare inferred sightings it is usually described as a small otter-like animal that lives in the South Island of New Zealand. There are many theories on the waitoreke's true identity, such as it being an otter, beaver or pinniped. New Zealand's only recognised endemic land mammals are bats—New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat and New Zealand long-tailed bat. Land mammals introduced to New Zealand by the seafaring Polynesian ancestors of Maori, apparent to the early European visitors and settlers, were kurī (dog) and kiore (rat).

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Search-phase echolocation calls of the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat ( <i>Mystacina tuberculata</i> ) and long-tailed bat ( <i>Chalinolobus tuberculatus</i> ). This paper describes the search-phase echolocation calls of lesser short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) and long-tailed bats (Chalinolobus tuberculatus). Calls were recorded from all three subspecies of short-tailed bat and seven populations of long-tailed bat, three in Northland, two in the central North Island, and two in the lower South Island. The calls were recorded in the field and digitised, then three spectral components and one temporal component of the calls were measured. Calls of the lesser short-tailed bat cou…

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How low temperatures affect long-tailed bat ( <i>Chalinolobus tuberculatus</i> ) and lesser short-tailed bat ( <i>Mystacina tuberculata</i> ) activity, central North Island, New Zealand. ABSTRACT Bat activity generally increases with temperature, so bat surveys are considered more effective in summer. Less is known about survey effectiveness at low temperatures and whether activity ceases under certain thresholds. Literature provides piecemeal information on winter activity of threatened New Zealand lesser short-tailed bats ( Mystacina tuberculata ) and long-tailed bats ( Chalinolobus tuberculatus ), no data exist on lower temperature thresholds below which activity is halted in some region…

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Nocturnal activity patterns of the lesser short‐tailed bat <i>(Mystacina tuberculata)</i> in temperate rainforest, Fiordland, New Zealand. Abstract Nocturnal activity patterns of New Zealand lesser short‐tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) were examined in temperate beech (Nothofagus) rainforest in the Eglinton Valley, Fiordland, during early autumn in 1997 and summer‐autumn 1997–98. Miniature radio‐transmitters were attached to 23 bats, 12 of which were followed for between 1 and 3 whole nights. They emerged from roosts an average of 42.0 ± 8.0 (SD) min after sunset, and remained active for an average of 456.9 ± 45.6 min (90–100% of the time spent away from their day roost). They foraged t…

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First reported observation of phoresy of pseudoscorpions on an endemic New Zealand mammal, the lesser short‐tailed bat, <i>Mystacina tuberculata</i>. The pseudoscorpion Apatochernes vastus Beier, 1976 (Chernetidae) is recorded for the first time on the pelage of the endemic New Zealand lesser short‐tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata . Despite previous descriptions of numerous species of pseudoscorpions throughout New Zealand, the distribution, abundance and life history strategies of pseudoscorpions is poorly known.

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How Low Temperatures Affect Long‐Tailed Bat ( <i>Chalinolobus tuberculatus</i> ) and Lesser Short‐Tailed Bat ( <i>Mystacina tuberculata</i> ) Activity, Central North Island, New Zealand. Bat activity generally increases with temperature, so bat surveys are considered more effective in summer. Less is known about survey effectiveness at low temperatures and whether activity ceases under certain thresholds. Literature provides piecemeal information on winter activity of threatened New Zealand lesser short‐tailed bats ( Mystacina tuberculata ) and long‐tailed bats ( Chalinolobus tuberculatus ); no data exist on lower temperature thresholds below which activity is halted in some regions. We rec…

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The impact of predation by introduced mammals on endemic shorebirds in New Zealand: a conservation perspective

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Prior to human settlement, the mammals of New Zealand consisted entirely of several species of bat and several dozen marine mammal species. Far earlier, during the Miocene, at least one "archaic" terrestrial mammal species is known to have existed, the Saint Bathans mammal. The Māori brought the kurī (Polynesian Dog) and kiore (Polynesian rat) in about 1250 CE, and Europeans from 1769 onwards brought the pig, mice, two additional species of rats, weasels, stoats, ferrets and possums and many other species, some of which cause conservation problems for indigenous species.

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This is a list of the native living mammals of New Zealand. It does not include introduced species, nor extinct Saint Bathans fauna. There are around 51 native mammal species in New Zealand, of which three are critically endangered, three are endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

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The New Zealand bat fly (Mystacinobia zelandica) is a small, wingless insect which lives in a commensal relationship with the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat. It is a true fly, in the order Diptera, placed in its own genus, Mystacinobia, and its own family, Mystacinobiidae. Although many other species of bat fly exist throughout the world, the New Zealand bat fly is endemic to the islands of New Zealand. Unlike other similar looking bat flies, this species is not a parasite and is only phoretic, feeding on bat guano. It appears to be the only insect, parasitic or otherwise, which lives with these bats (fleas, for example, which are common on many other species of bat, are unknown on the…

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Chalinolobus tuberculatus, known more commonly as the New Zealand long-tailed bat, the long-tailed wattle bat or pekapeka tou-roa, is a small insectivorous mammal within the genus Chalinolobus. The long-tailed bat is one of 7 species belonging to the genus Chalinolobus, which are commonly referred to as "wattled bats," "pied bats" and "long-tailed bats." The genus Chalinolobus is characterised by fleshy lobes located on their lower lips and at the bottom of their ears. Some zoologists claim there is overlap between the Chalinolobus genus and the Glauconycteris genus. The long-tailed bat is one of two extant and three total terrestrial mammals endemic to the islands of New Zealand. The other…

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The New Zealand greater short-tailed bat (Mystacina robusta) is one of two species of New Zealand short-tailed bats, a family (Mystacinidae) unique to New Zealand. Larger than the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, there have been no confirmed sightings of this species since 1965 and it is considered to be critically endangered, if not extinct. In prehistoric times it lived in the North and South Islands but by the time of European arrival was restricted to small islands near Stewart Island / Rakiura. A rat invasion of Taukihepa/Big South Cape Island in 1963 was thought to have led to the species' extinction, however, recent surveys have raised hopes that the species may still exist.