Mystacinidae Author Don E. Wilson Author Russell A. Mittermeier text 2019 2019-10-31 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats 394 403 book chapter 62716 10.5281/zenodo.6418929 de8e617c-31fd-4c7c-9d26-0d89aecc51cc 978-84-16728-19-0 6418929 Family MYSTACINIDAE (NEW ZEALAND SHORT-TAILED BATS) • Medium-sized and tree-roosting, with short, dense, velvety brown fur on body and bare, gray-brown skin on ears, wings, nose, hindlegs, and tail. • 6-9 cm. • Australasian Region (New Zealand). • Mostly interiors of indigenous forests from sea level to high elevations but will cross open grassland and forages in scrub and non-native forest plantations. • 1 genus, 2 species, 4 taxa. • 1 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.