List Of Mammals Of New Zealand
This is a list of the native living mammals of New Zealand. It does not include introduced species, nor extinct Saint Bathans fauna. There are around 51 native mammal species in New Zealand, of which three are critically endangered, three are endangered, three are vulnerable, and one is near threatened. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: Order: Chiroptera (bats) The most distinguishing feature of bats is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals. Three species are found in New Zealand. *Family: Mystacinidae **Genus: ''Mystacina'' *** New Zealand greater short-tailed bat, ''M. robusta'' , possibly *** New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, ''M. tuberculata'' *Family: Vespertilionidae **Subfamily: Vespertilioninae ***Genus: ''Chalinolobus'' **** New Zealand long-tailed bat, ...
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Introduced Species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally. Non-native species can have various effects on the local ecosystem. Introduced species that become established and spread beyond the place of introduction are considered naturalized. The process of human-caused introduction is distinguished from biological colonization, in which species spread to new areas through "natural" (non-human) means such as storms and rafting. The Latin expression neobiota captures the characteristic that these species are ''new'' biota to their environment in terms of established biological network (e.g. food web) relationships. Neobiota can further be divided into neozoa (also: neozoons, sing. neozoon, i.e. animals) and neop ...
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