Family Mystacinidae Dobson 1875 (New Zealand short-tailed bat)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Mystacinidae
Parent taxon: Noctilionoidea according to S. J. Hand et al. 2015
See also Nowak 1991
Sister taxa: Furipteridae, Noctilionidae, Phyllostomidae, Thyropteridae
Ecology: volant frugivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (15 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (5)
Total: 20 collections including 26 occurrences