Illustration of a NZ Burrowing Bat (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

Illustration of a NZ Burrowing Bat

Caption

An artist's impression of a New Zealand burrowing bat, Mystacina robusta, that went extinct last century. The new fossil find, Vulcanops jennyworthyae, that lived millions of years ago in New Zealand, is an ancient relative of burrowing or short-tailed bats.

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Illustration by Gavin Mouldey.

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