Artist's impression of a New Zealand burrowing bat, Mystacina robusta, that went extinct in the 1960s. The new fossil find, Vulcanops jennyworthyae, is an ancient relative of burrowing or short-tailed bats. Illustration by Gavin Mouldey.

Giant extinct bat discovered in NZ

The fossilised remains of a giant burrowing bat that lived in New Zealand millions of years ago have been found by an international team of scientists. […]

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