Myzopoda
| Myzopoda Temporal range: Eocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Myzopodidae Thomas, 1904 |
| Genus: | Myzopoda Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1878 |
| Type species | |
Myzopoda aurita Milne-Edwards and Grandidier, 1878
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Myzopodidae
. Locations with only fossil members are indicated by red stars.Myzopoda, which has two described
neotropical.[1][3] The origin and initial diversification of Noctilionoidea may have occurred in Africa prior to their dispersal to Australia and South America, probably via Antarctica.[1] On the basis of fossil and molecular clock evidence, myzopodids are estimated to have split off from the rest of Noctilionoidea about 50 (46 to 57) million years ago.[3]
Species
- Genus Myzopoda
- Madagascar sucker-footed bat, Myzopoda aurita Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, 1878
- Western sucker-footed bat, Myzopoda schliemanni Goodman, Rakotondraparany & Kofoky, 2006
See also
References
- ^ PMID 24504061.
- ^ Dunham, W. (2014-02-05). "Madagascar's tiny 'sucker-foots' give old bat new meaning". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ^ S2CID 25912333.
- Goodman, S. M.; Rakotondraparany, F.; Kofoky, A. (2007-03-26). "The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar". Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 72 (2): 65–81. .
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