Unique Animals in New Zealand

Wednesday, January 18, 2012


New Zealand's natural beauty perfect life with the presence of a number of fascinating and unique animals with nature. If you the opportunity to visit this country, you will see that so typical of animals caught there, and do not necessarily exist in another country. There are four groups of animals unique and rare, will surprise you, namely birds, mammals, reptiles and fish.

The atmosphere of the morning in New Zealand has always opened with the sound of birds. No wonder that the country is called the "Land Birds" is because it has so many unique bird species. At least there are approximately 45 species of birds such as Bellbird, albatross, kamana, black robin, black stilt, brown teal, kiwi and fantail. Kiwi is an endangered species of birds endemic to New Zealand. This bird is very famous worldwide, the identity of New Zealand. The size of the body of a chicken with feathers brownish gray color and long pointed beak. It is night and day. kiwi has no wings, so that he cannot fly. These animals are very attached to the history and the lives of the inhabitants of New Zealand and the Kiwi is now officially a national icon in this country has become.

Mammals in this region is divided into two, namely land mammals and marine mammal split. Pekapeka is the original name for bat-tailed away and the only land mammals typical of New Zealand. This unique animal is very low for this type of bats and the most dangerous in the family. He also has nocturnal animals come out at night to hunt for food, and fly with the issue of sonar squeaky voice. Dolphins and whales are marine mammals may react to you in other countries, but are the elephant seals and leopard found only in the waters of southern New Zealand.

New Zealand has a typical reptiles, including lizards, geckos, tuatara and the frogs. The tuatara is a rare animal that lives only in New Zealand. One could say that this animal is similar to the Komodo dragon in Indonesia, since both are relics of the dinosaur. New Zealand Department of Conservation that the species of tuatara become extinct for 60 million years, and the rest can only survive in this region. In addition, there are four species of frogs, which are also an endangered species and is found only in this region. But maybe you will not notice it, because they come at night and be able to dress well in nature. What is special about frogs in this country is that it does not sound like a frog, usually in agriculture, they undergo no metamorphosis like other frogs. But the frog embryos develop in eggs and hatch directly in the form of a frog, which is almost perfect.