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Baby short-tailed bat

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Baby short-tailed bat

Short-tailed bat pups have no fur when they are born. This one was found on the ground near a roost, and may have been accidentally dropped by its mother as she was transferring it to another roost.

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Veronika Meduna, Bats – Bats in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9749/baby-short-tailed-bat (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Veronika Meduna, published 1 March 2009.