Vulcanops Hand et al. 2018 (New Zealand short-tailed bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mystacinidae

Full reference: S. J. Hand, R. M. D. Beck, M. Archer, N. B. Simmons, G. F. Gunnell, R. P. Scofield, A. J. D. Tennyson, V. L. De Pietri, S. W. Salisbury and T. H. Worthy. 2018. A new, large-bodied omnivorous bat (Noctilionoidea: Mystacinidae) reveals lost morphological and ecological diversity since the Miocene in New Zealand. Scientific Reports 8:235

Parent taxon: Mystacinidae according to S. J. Hand et al. 2018

Sister taxon: Mystacina

Subtaxa: Vulcanops jennyworthyae

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Type: Vulcanops jennyworthyae

Ecology: volant frugivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of New Zealand (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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