More Short-tailed Bats
—Alina Arkins.
hort-tailed bats are much 8 more widespread than was believed five or six years ago. Many of the locations have only been discovered as short-tailed bat habitat in the last three or four years. (Forest e Bird, August 2000 listed only the earlier habitats of the bats). Recordings have now been made from Puketi Forest (including Omahuta Forest) and Waipoua Forest in Northland, Little Barrier Island, Te Urewera National Park, Kaimanawa Range, Rangataua Forest on Mount Ruapehu;
Waitaanga, near New Plymouth; Tararua Forest Park; Kahurangi National Park; Eglinton Valley, Fiordland National Park, and Codfish Island/Whenua Hou. There may be other areas where short-tailed bat recordings have been made recently but not yet reported in the general press — most recordings make their way into DoC publications, but no further. Most DoC conservancies are now in possession of bat-moni-toring equipment, and are surveying for both species.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 298, 1 November 2000, Page 8
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