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Animals of New Zealand

New Zealand's own animals are birds and reptiles, not land mammals: the kiwi, the kea, the flightless kākāpō and the tuatara.

Several others on this list, such as the stoat, the chamois and the blackbird, were brought in by people and now live wild.

11 animals, A to Z.

• 🐾BlackbirdEurope, western Asia and North Africa; introduced to Australia and New Zealand.
• 🐾BlobfishDeep water off mainland Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, 600–1,200 m down.
• 🐝BumblebeeMostly the Northern Hemisphere, north to Greenland; also South America and North Africa; introduced to New Zealand and Tasmania.
• 🐾ChamoisMountains of Europe from the Pyrenees and Alps to the Carpathians and Balkans, plus Turkey and the Caucasus; introduced to New Zealand.
• 🦌ElkNorth America and Central, East and North Asia; introduced to Argentina and New Zealand.
• 🐾KakapoNew Zealand only: four small predator-free islands, plus a mainland sanctuary at Maungatautari since 2023.
• 🐾KeaThe South Island of New Zealand, from lowland valleys and coastal forests on the west coast up to alpine areas such as Arthur's Pass and Aoraki / Mount Cook.
• 🐾KiwiNew Zealand only.
• 🐾KookaburraAustralia, New Guinea and the Aru Islands; the laughing kookaburra was introduced to New Zealand, Tasmania and Western Australia.
• 🐾StoatEurasia and northern North America; introduced to New Zealand.
• 🐾TuataraNew Zealand, mainly on 32 offshore islands, with fenced sanctuaries on the mainland.

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