Western sucker-footed bat

The western sucker-footed bat (Myzopoda schliemanni) is a Bat endemic to Madagascar. Little is known about its habits, but they are assumed to be similar to those of the Madagascar sucker-footed bat.[2]

Western sucker-footed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Myzopodidae
Genus: Myzopoda
Species:
M. schliemanni
Binomial name
Myzopoda schliemanni
Goodman et al., 2006
Western sucker-footed bat range

The western sucker-footed bat is 92–107 mm (0.302–0.351 ft) long. It has large ears, and prominent suckers on its feet and thumbs. It has buff-brown upper parts, and mouse-gray underparts.[2]

The species has been found on three lowland broad-leaf rainforest sites in north-western Madagascar.[2] It is also found in dry deciduous forests.[3] It feeds extensively on Lepidoptera, as well as cockroaches, and to a much smaller extent on Hymenoptera and beetles.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Monadjem, A.; Cardiff, S.G.; Rakotoarivelo, A.R.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Ratrimomanarivo, F.H. (2017). "Myzopoda schliemanni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T136465A21986182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136465A21986182.en.
  2. ^ a b c Garbutt, Nick; Mammals of Madagascar; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007: pg 73
  3. ^ russell (19 February 2008). "Population Genetic Analysis of Myzopoda (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) in Madagascar". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (1): 209–221. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-044.1. S2CID 54958144.
  4. ^ Rajemison, B., & Goodman, S. M. (2007). The diet of Myzopoda schliemanni, a recently described Malagasy endemic, based on scat analysis. Acta Chiropterologica, 9(1), 311-313. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[311:tdomsa]2.0.co;2