Myzopoda aurita

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1878

Eastern Sucker-footed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
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

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://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004831

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

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

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Uchikawa (1988:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4547)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14288/22073303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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