| intraspecific phylogeny of the new zealand short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata inferred from multiple mitochondrial gene sequences. | an intraspecific phylogeny was established for the new zealand short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata using a 2,878-bp sequence alignment from multiple mitochondrial genes (control region, nd2, 12s ribosomal rna [rrna], 16s rrna, and trna). the inferred phylogeny comprises six lineages, with estimated divergences extending back between 0.93 and 0.68 million years to the middle pleistocene. the lineages do not correspond to the existing subspecific taxonomy. although multiple lineages occur sympa ... | 2003 | 12857638 |
| the demographic history of the new zealand short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata inferred from modified control region sequences. | short-tailed bats mystacina tuberculata were widespread throughout the forest that dominated prehuman new zealand, but extensive deforestation has restricted them to scattered populations in forest fragments. in a previous study, the species' intraspecific phylogeny was investigated using multiple mitochondrial gene sequences. six phylogroups were identified with estimated divergences of 0.93-0.68 ma. in the current study, the phylogeographical structure and demographic history of the phylogroup ... | 2003 | 12803640 |
| a molecular link between the bats of new zealand and south america. | along with the kiwis (apteryx), tuatara (sphenodon) and leiopelmatid frogs, the now rare lesser short-tailed bat (mystacina tuberculata), one of only two species in the endemic family mystacinidae, has long been viewed as one of new zealand's archaic, mystery vertebrates, and has presented taxonomists with a major puzzle since its first description in 1843 (ref. 3). we report here the results of immunological comparisons involving the albumin and transferrin of mystacina which indicate that its ... | 1986 | 3092108 |
| the behavioral energetics of new zealand's bats: daily torpor and hibernation, a continuum. | we examine the impact of behavior on the short-term energy expenditures of the only terrestrial mammals endemic to new zealand, two bats, the long-tailed (chalinolobus tuberculatus, family vespertilionidae), and the lesser short-tailed (mystacina tuberculata, family mystacinidae). vespertilionidae has a world-wide distribution. mystacinidae is restricted to new zealand, although related to five neotropical families and one in madagascar reflecting a shared gondwanan origin of their noctilionoide ... | 2018 | 29746908 |
| spatiotemporal and demographic variation in the diet of new zealand lesser short-tailed bats (mystacina tuberculata). | variation in the diet of generalist insectivores can be affected by site-specific traits including weather, habitat, and season, as well as demographic traits such as reproductive status and age. we used molecular methods to compare diets of three distinct new zealand populations of lesser short-tailed bats, mystacina tuberculata. summer diets were compared between a southern cold-temperate (eglinton) and a northern population (puroera). winter diets were compared between pureora and a subtropic ... | 2018 | 30151174 |
| hibernation in bats (mammalia: chiroptera) did not evolve through positive selection of leptin. | temperature regulation is an indispensable physiological activity critical for animal survival. however, relatively little is known about the origin of thermoregulatory regimes in a phylogenetic context, or the genetic mechanisms driving the evolution of these regimes. using bats as a study system, we examined the evolution of three thermoregulatory regimes (hibernation, daily heterothermy, and homeothermy) in relation to the evolution of leptin, a protein implicated in regulation of torpor bout ... | 2018 | 30619566 |
| applying a values-based decision process to facilitate comanagement of threatened species in aotearoa new zealand. | ko koe ki tēnā, ko ahau ki tēnai kīwai o te kete (you at that, and i at this handle of the basket). despite decades of calls to rectify cultural imbalance in conservation, threatened species management still relies overwhelmingly on ideas from western science and on top-down implementation. values-based approaches to decision-making can be used to integrate indigenous peoples' values into species conservation in a more meaningful way. we used such a values-based method, structured decision makin ... | 2020 | 33034391 |
| a lost link between a flightless parrot and a parasitic plant and the potential role of coprolites in conservation paleobiology. | late quaternary extinctions and population fragmentations have severely disrupted animal-plant interactions globally. detection of disrupted interactions often relies on anachronistic plant characteristics, such as spines in the absence of large herbivores or large fruit without dispersers. however, obvious anachronisms are relatively uncommon, and it can be difficult to prove a direct link between the anachronism and a particular faunal taxon. analysis of coprolites (fossil feces) provides a no ... | 2012 | 23025275 |
| new alphacoronavirus in mystacina tuberculata bats, new zealand. | because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in mystacina tuberculata bats in new zealand. a novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of m. tuberculata bats in pristine indigenous forest on a remote offshore island (codfish island). | 2014 | 24656060 |
| nontarget mortality of new zealand lesser short-tailed bats (mystacina tuberculata) caused by diphacinone. | primary and secondary poisoning of nontarget wildlife with second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides has led to restrictions on their use and to increased use of first-generation anticoagulants, including diphacinone. although first-generation anticoagulants are less potent and less persistent than second-generation compounds, their use is not without risks to nontarget species. we report the first known mortalities of threatened new zealand lesser short-tailed bats (mystacina tuberculata) ca ... | 2015 | 25375946 |
| cold and alone? roost choice and season affect torpor patterns in lesser short-tailed bats. | seasonal changes in weather and food availability differentially impact energy budgets of small mammals such as bats. while most thermal physiological research has focused on species that experience extreme seasonal temperature variations, knowledge is lacking from less variable temperate to subtropical climates. we quantified ambient temperature (t a) and skin temperature (t sk) responses by individuals from a population of new zealand lesser short-tailed bats (mystacina tuberculata) during sum ... | 2017 | 27561779 |
| terrestrial locomotion of the new zealand short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata and the common vampire bat desmodus rotundus. | bats (chiroptera) are generally awkward crawlers, but the common vampire bat (desmodus rotundus) and the new zealand short-tailed bat (mystacina tuberculata) have independently evolved the ability to manoeuvre well on the ground. in this study we describe the kinematics of locomotion in both species, and the kinetics of locomotion in m. tuberculata. we sought to determine whether these bats move terrestrially the way other quadrupeds do, or whether they possess altogether different patterns of m ... | 2006 | 16621953 |
| discovery of novel virus sequences in an isolated and threatened bat species, the new zealand lesser short-tailed bat (mystacina tuberculata). | bats harbour a diverse array of viruses, including significant human pathogens. extensive metagenomic studies of material from bats, in particular guano, have revealed a large number of novel or divergent viral taxa that were previously unknown. new zealand has only two extant indigenous terrestrial mammals, which are both bats, mystacina tuberculata (the lesser short-tailed bat) and chalinolobus tuberculatus (the long-tailed bat). until the human introduction of exotic mammals, these species ha ... | 2015 | 25900137 |
| echolocation call production during aerial and terrestrial locomotion by new zealand's enigmatic lesser short-tailed bat, mystacina tuberculata. | linkage of echolocation call production with contraction of flight muscles has been suggested to reduce the energetic cost of flight with echolocation, such that the overall cost is approximately equal to that of flight alone. however, the pattern of call production with limb movement in terrestrially agile bats has never been investigated. we used synchronised high-speed video and audio recordings to determine patterns of association between echolocation call production and limb motion by mysta ... | 2010 | 20118305 |
| bats that walk: a new evolutionary hypothesis for the terrestrial behaviour of new zealand's endemic mystacinids. | new zealand's lesser short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata is one of only two of c.1100 extant bat species to use a true walking gait when manoeuvring on the ground (the other being the american common vampire bat desmodus rotundus). mystacina tuberculata is also the last surviving member of mystacinidae, the only mammalian family endemic to new zealand (nz) and a member of the gondwanan bat superfamily noctilionoidea. the capacity for true quadrupedal terrestrial locomotion in mystacina is a s ... | 2009 | 19615105 |
| response of the north island brown kiwi, apteryx australis mantelli and the lesser short-tailed bat, mystacina tuberculata to a measured dose of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus. | four north island brown kiwis and six lesser short-tailed bats were inoculated intramuscularly with 300 000 rabbit lethal doses of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (rhd) virus. no clinical abnormalities were observed in the kiwis and bats throughout the study period. although no viraemia was detected in any of the kiwis, all four birds produced a serological response to rhd virus above the positive cut-off by 14 days after inoculation, and in two of the birds, antibodies persisted for over 5 months. ... | 1997 | 16031964 |
| mysterious mystacina: how the new zealand short-tailed bat (mystacina tuberculata) locates insect prey. | the new zealand short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata evolved in the absence of terrestrial mammals and initially with few potential predators. unusual among bats, it is well adapted for the capture of prey on the ground. bats from fiordland, new zealand had relatively low wing loadings and aspect ratios adapted for flight in cluttered habitats. we predicted that m. tuberculata would locate prey in air (uncluttered space) by echolocation. echolocation call sequences associated with prey capture ... | 2003 | 14581591 |
| nuclear gene sequences confirm an ancient link between new zealand's short-tailed bat and south american noctilionoid bats. | molecular and morphological hypotheses disagree on the phylogenetic position of new zealand's short-tailed bat mystacina tuberculata. most morphological analyses place mystacina in the superfamily vespertilionoidea, whereas molecular studies unite mystacina with the neotropical noctilionoids and imply a shared gondwanan history. to date, competing hypotheses for the placement of mystacina have not been addressed with a large concatenation of nuclear protein sequences. we investigated this proble ... | 2003 | 12878467 |