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Long-tailed bat

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Long-tailed bat

The long-tailed bat’s tail is completely enclosed within a thin membrane attached to its legs. This bat was found in 1973, inside a rimu log that was about to be sawn into timber.

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Veronika Meduna, Bats – Lesser short-tailed bats and long-tailed bats, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/9755/long-tailed-bat (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Veronika Meduna, published 1 March 2009.