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Mystacinidae
Sign in to save__NOTOC__ Mystacinidae is a family of unusual bats, the New Zealand short-tailed bats. There is one living genus, Mystacina, with two species, one of which could have possibly become extinct in the 1960s. They are medium-sized bats, about in length, with grey, velvety fur.
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Los mistacínidos (Mystacinidae) son una familia de murciélagos del suborden Microchiroptera que posee un solo género, Mystacina con dos especies, una de las cuales podría estar extinta. Se trata de animales de tamaño mediano (unos 6 cm) y un pelaje grisáceo que habitan Nueva Zelanda. Se han encontrado fósiles del género Icarops en Australia que datan del Mioceno Inferior.[1] Referencias ↑ Hand, S.J.; et al. (1998). «Mystacinid Bats (Microchiroptera) from the Australian Tertiary». Journal of Paleontology 72 (3): 538-545. JSTOR 1306652. Weinstein, B. and P. Myers. 2001. "Mystacinidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed May 27, 2005 at [1]. Daniel. M. 1985. New Zealand's Unique Burrowing Bats Are Endangered. [2].
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__NOTOC__ Mystacinidae is a family of unusual bats, the New Zealand short-tailed bats. There is one living genus, Mystacina, with two species, one of which could have possibly become extinct in the 1960s. They are medium-sized bats, about in length, with grey, velvety fur.
==Species and range== The origins of this family go back to the Late Oligocene of Australia, with the genus Icarops. Several fossil species are also known from the contemporary Saint Bathans Fauna in New Zealand. The oldest unambiguous fossils of the living genus date to the Miocene of New Zealand. A second extinct genus, Vulcanops, lived sympatrically with Mystacina in New Zealand from the Miocene until its extinction during the Pleistocene. The study describing Vulcanops also renders Icarops paraphyletic in regards to the rest of the family.
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