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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.
Prior to human settlement, the mammals of New Zealand consisted entirely of several species of bat and several dozen marine mammal species. Far earlier, during the Miocene , at least one "archaic" terrestrial mammal species is known to have existed, the Saint Bathans mammal .
Pages in category "Mammals of New Zealand" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The kiwi is a national symbol of New Zealand. The animals of New Zealand, part of its biota, have an unusual history because, before the arrival of humans, less than 900 years ago, the country was mostly free of mammals, except those that could swim there (seals, sea lions, and, off-shore, whales and dolphins) or fly there .
The siphon whelk Penion ormesi is a large, marine snail species endemic to New Zealand. New Zealand has a high number of endemic species, [17] such as: 80% of all vascular plants; 70% of all native terrestrial and freshwater birds; All bats; All native amphibians; All reptiles; 90% of freshwater fish; 90% of insects and molluscs 75% of marine ...
Invasive animal species in New Zealand (17 P) Invertebrates of New Zealand (5 C, 9 P) Marine fauna of New Zealand (3 C, 18 P) Vertebrates of New Zealand (5 C) '
Only New Zealand proper is represented on this list, not the Realm of New Zealand. For extinctions in the Cook Islands, Niue, or Tokelau, see the List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene. The islands of East Polynesia (including New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island) were among the last habitable places on Earth colonised by humans.
Mammals of New Zealand (4 C, 22 P) S. Mammals of Samoa (7 P) ... Pages in category "Mammals of Oceania" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.