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 (3.02–3.51 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]

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