Myzopoda aurita

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1878

Eastern Sucker-footed Bat

Also as Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat.
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Location:Madagascar, Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Vatovavy, 9km ESE of Kianjavato, (21o 24' S; 47o 57' E)Date taken:Jul 28, 1988

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3408

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Myzopodidae
Genus : Myzopoda

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. and Grandidier, A. 1878. Note sur un nouveau genre de chiroptère. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7)2:220-221.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629360

Original name as described

Myzopoda aurita

Other common names

Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-770 (= MNHN:type:223)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1977-770

Type locality

"Madagascar."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004831

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Myzopoda aurita

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1878

Family

Myzopodidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-770 (= MNHN:type:223)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1977-770

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629360

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31206807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13986)
  2. Weber (1928:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  3. Allen (1939:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Uchikawa (1988:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4547)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Koopman (1993:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  9. Koopman (1994:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14288/22073303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myxopoda aurita

Trouessart, 1878

Family

Myzopodidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975535

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1878:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  2. Trouessart (1904:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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