Western sucker-footed bat

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.[2]

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

Physical characteristics

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]

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.[2] The western sucker-footed bat is found in dry deciduous forests.[3]

Diet

M. schliemanni also feeds extensively on Lepidoptera, as well as Blattaria, and to a much smaller extent on Hymenoptera and Coleoptera. The Andranomanitsy Forest is in a zone that experiences a prolonged annual dry season, during the end of which our sampling was made, and invertebrate diversity and density presumably experience considerable seasonal variation.[4]

References
  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. Garbutt, Nick; Mammals of Madagascar; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007: pg 73
  3. russell (19 February 2008). "Journal of Mammalogy". Population Genetic Analysis of Myzopoda (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) in Madagascar (1): 209–221. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  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
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