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Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures New Zealand greater short-tailed bat: Mystacina robusta: North and South Island Widespread on both islands in pre-Māori times, as evidenced by subfossil remains, this species was restricted to Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island and other islands off Stewart Island at the time of European arrival.
It lived on the South Island of New Zealand as well as in Rakiura [10] and Native Island [11] and its habitat was the lowlands (shrubland, duneland, grassland, and forests). [3] Along with other members of the moa family, the South Island giant moa went extinct due to predation from humans about 200 years after colonisation by Māori. [12]
Extinct birds of New Zealand (1 C, 89 P) R. Extinct reptiles of New Zealand (6 P) Pages in category "Extinct animals of New Zealand" The following 45 pages are in ...
Lyall's wren or the Stephens Island wren (Traversia lyalli) was a small, flightless passerine belonging to the family Acanthisittidae, the New Zealand wrens.Now extinct, it was once found throughout New Zealand, but when it came to the attention of scientists in 1894, its last refuge was Stephens Island in Cook Strait.
A feather from a long-extinct New Zealand bird has set a record after selling for $46,521 NZD (about $28,400 USD), the auction house handling the sale has said. World’s most expensive feather ...
New Zealand has released several postage stamps portraying the huia. [44] [45] The New Zealand sixpence coin, minted between 1933 and 1966, featured a female huia on the reverse. The degree to which the huia was known and admired in New Zealand is reflected in the large number of suburban and geographical features which are named after the species.
Pages in category "Extinct birds of New Zealand" The following 89 pages are in this category, out of 89 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adzebill;
Skeleton in the Copenhagen Zoological Museum. Emeus was of average size, standing 1.5 to 1.8 metres (4.9–5.9 ft) tall, and weighing from 36 to 79kg. [9] Like other moa, it had no vestigial wing bones, hair-like feathers (beige in this case), a long neck and large, powerful legs with very short, strong tarsi. [10]