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Myzopodidae Thomas 1904
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Family MYZOPODIDAE
(MADAGASCAR SUCKER-FOOTED BATS)
• Relatively small insectivorous bats, with distinctive sucker-like structure on wrists and ankles, as well as elon-gated ears with mushroom-like structure at their bases.
• 9-11 cm.
• Afrotropical Region (Madagascar).
• Humid and dry deciduous forests, forest edges, and open areas with palms, and often marshy areas.
• 1 genus, 2 species, 2 taxa.
• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Myzopodidae, pp. 388-393 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 388, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6418919
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- Thomas
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- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
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- Chiroptera
- Family
- Myzopodidae
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- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myzopodidae Thomas, 1904 sec. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019