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that feed on animal and plant material found within the caves they inhabit. Although, they will forage in the surrounding area if food becomes scarce inside the cave. The diet of
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were collected from the
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Richards, 1958, being described, and the
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wētā generally live under stones and in burrows of seabirds, such as
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Dowle, Eddy J.; Trewick, Steven A.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2024).
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Hegg, Danilo; Morgan-Richards, Mary; Trewick, Steven A. (2019).
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that had been previously recognised. This led to a new genus,
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461:: 263–274.
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360:References
333:scavengers
307:Morphology
219:The genus
161:See text.
109:Suborder:
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715:Peripatus
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302:isolatum.
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