Accidental importation of a Japanese bat into New Zealand |
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| Authors: | MJ Daniel Mizuko Yoshiyuki |
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| Institution: | 1. Ecology Division Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , Private Bag, Lower Hutt , New Zealand;2. Zoological Department , Natural History Institute, National Science Museum , 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160 , Japan |
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| Abstract: | Abstract A juvenile female Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus javanicus abramus) wap found dead on 9 December 1981 in Hamilton, New Zealand, in a package of car parts from Japan. This is apparently the first accidental importation of an exotic bat to New Zealand. |
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| Keywords: | Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Pipistrellus javanicus abramus Japanese bat new record accidental importation |
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