New Species of Sucker-Footed Bat (M. schliemanni) with Open Wings (IMAGE)

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New Species of Sucker-Footed Bat (M. schliemanni) with Open Wings

Caption

Ventral view of the holotype of Myzopoda schliemanni obtained in the Parc National d’Ankarafantsika in the western portion of Madagascar and recently described in Mammalian Biology. Previously, only one species in this endemic Malagasy Family of bats was known to science. Now there are two.

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Photo by Steven M. Goodman, Courtesy of The Field Museum

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