Western sucker-footed bat

Western sucker-footed bat
Scientific classification
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 (Myzopoda schliemanni) is a Malagasy bat. Little is known about its habits, but they are assumed to be similar to those of the Madagascar sucker-footed bat.[1]

Physical characteristics

The western sucker-footed bat is 92-107 cm. (3-3.5 ft.) long. It has large ears, and prominent suckers on its feet and thumbs. It has buff-brown upper parts, and mouse-gray underparts.[1]

Range and habitat

The western sucker-footed bat has been found on three lowland sites in north-western Madagascar. They were found in broad-leaf rain forest.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Garbutt, Nick; Mammals of Madagascar; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007: pg 73