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  | |
| 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 | |
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| 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
- 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.
- Garbutt, Nick; Mammals of Madagascar; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007: pg 73
- 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.
- 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
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