O’Donnell (2000): Conservation status and causes of decline of the threatened New Zealand Long-tailed Bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus.

O’Donnell, C. F. J. 2000. Conservation status and causes of decline of the threatened New Zealand Long-tailed Bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Mammal Review 30: 89–106.

Historical anecdotes and monitoring since 1990, indicate that long-tailed bats are now rare or absent at many sites where formerly they were common. Assertions in the literature that they are “common” and that the conservation status is “secure” are incorrect and the species should be classed as “Vulnerable”. Possible causes of decline include clearance and logging of lowland forests, predation by introduced mammals and owls, competition for roost sites by introduced mammals, birds and wasps, and human interference and disturbance at roosting sites.