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• “Scientists thought the agile walking/climbing abilities of the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat, Mystacina tuberculata, was the result of isolation on an island without mammalian competitors, but a fossil bat from Australia shows it also had similar muscle/bone adaptations.”

  Brief Hiatus...

• “Fossils of flying reptiles come in two versions: the older long-tailed pterosaurs and the more recent short-tailed versions.”

  Darwinopterus, the New Flying Reptile

• “Meet Lil' Drac, a short-tailed fruit bat taken in by Bat World Sanctuary, an organization with a mission that includes promoting the protection and conservation of wild bats.”

  The Huffington Post: Lil' Drac: Orphaned Short-Tailed Fruit Bat Rescued By Bat World Sanctuary (VIDEO)

• “The Frenchman shrugged, removed a snuffbox from the pocket of his fashionable short-tailed jacket, and partook of the powdered tobacco with a noisy snort.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Curse of the Wendigo

• “Until now, the short-tailed albatross has only reproduced at two sites: Torishima island in Japan and islands controlled by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.”

  The Huffington Post: Endangered Bird Discovered Nesting In U.S. For 1st Time

• “HONOLULU — A bird conservation group says the endangered short-tailed albatross has nested in the far northwestern edge of the Hawaiian islands – the first time the species has done so in the United States.”

  The Huffington Post: Short-Tailed Albatross Discovered In Hawaii, First Time Endangered Animal Has Nested In U.S.

• “HONOLULU mdash; A bird conservation group says the endangered short-tailed albatross has nested in the far northwestern edge of the Hawaiian islands ndash; the first...”

  The Huffington Post: Endangered Bird Discovered Nesting In U.S. For 1st Time

• “The short-tailed opossum Monodelphis maraxina is endemic and endangered.”

  Marajó varzea

• “Other rare birds are Fraser's eagle owl Bubo poensis, white-bellied robin chat Cossypher roberti, Grauer's warbler Graueria vittata, short-tailed warbler Hemitasia neumanni, yellow-eyed black flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiaca, montane double-collared sunbird Nectarinia ludovicenis and dusky twinspot Clytospiza cinereoinacea.”

  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

• “Mass mortality of short-tailed shearwaters in the southeastern Bering Sea during summer 1997.”

  Future change in processes and impacts on Arctic biota

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