Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat vs Prickly Heath

Mystacina tuberculata compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat is Vulnerable while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Mystacinidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Mystacina	Gaultheria
Species	Mystacina tuberculata	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat	Prickly Heath
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser New Zealand Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.