Myzopoda
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Myzopoda is the only genus in family Myzopodidae, a family of bat
s, endemic to Madagascar
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Two species:
FAMILY MYZOPODIDAE
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
s, endemic to Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
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Two species:
FAMILY MYZOPODIDAE
- Genus Myzopoda
- Madagascar Sucker-footed BatMadagascar Sucker-footed BatThe Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat, Old World Sucker-footed Bat, or simply Sucker-footed Bat is a species of bat in the family Myzopodidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Myzopoda aurita Milne-EdwardsHenri Milne-EdwardsHenri Milne-Edwards was an eminent French zoologist.Henri Milne-Edwards was the 27th child of William Edwards, an English planter and militia colonel in Jamaica and Elisabeth Vaux, a French. He was born in Bruges, Belgium, where his parents had retired. At that time, Bruges was a part of the...
& GrandidierAlfred GrandidierAlfred Grandidier was a French naturalist and explorer.From a very wealthy family, he and his brother, Ernest Grandidier , undertook a voyage around the world...
, 1878 - Western Sucker-footed BatWestern Sucker-footed BatThe Western Sucker-footed Bat 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.-Physical characteristics:...
, Myzopoda schliemanni Goodman, Rakotondraparany & Kofoky, 2006
- Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat
Bibliografia
- S.M. Goodman, F. Rakotondraparany and A. Kofoky. The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde Volume 72, Issue 2, 26 March 2007, Pages 65–81