Journal
NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 257-260Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.649770
Keywords
short-tailed bat; Mystacina tuberculata; cat; predation; roosts; New Zealand
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Cats (Felis catus) are known predators of New Zealand bats, although all records to date have been from domestic cats thought to have caught foraging bats. We outline the first evidence of predation of short-tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata rhyocobia) at a roost tree. A total of 156 individual bat wings (78 pairs) and 22 intact bodies were found at the base of two colonial roost trees in Rangataua Forest on the southern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, Central North Island in New Zealand, over a period of 7 days. Assuming a pair of wings belonged to one individual, at least 102 bats were killed by a male cat caught in a live trap at the base of one roost tree. No more deaths were recorded after its capture.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available