Biology: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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Myzopoda, which has two described species, is the only genus in the bat family Myzopodidae. Myzopodidae is unique as the only family of bats presently endemic to Madagascar . However, fossil discoveries indicate that the family has an ancient lineage in Africa, extending from the Pleistocene as far back as the late Eocene.[1][2] Based on nuclear DNA sequence data, Myzopodidae appears to be basal in the Gondwanan superfamily Noctilionoidea, most of whose members are 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
- List of bats of Madagascar
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gunnell, G. F.; Simmons, N. B.; Seiffert, E. R. (2014-02-04). "New Myzopodidae (Chiroptera) from the Late Paleogene of Egypt: Emended Family Diagnosis and Biogeographic Origins of Noctilionoidea". PLoS ONE 9 (2): e86712. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086712. PMID 24504061. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...986712G.
- ↑ Dunham, W. (2014-02-05). "Madagascar's tiny 'sucker-foots' give old bat new meaning". Reuters. http://in.reuters.com/article/us-science-bats-idINBREA131QN20140204.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Teeling, E. C.; Springer, M.; Madsen, O.; Bates, P.; O'Brien, S.; Murphy, W. (2005-01-28). "A Molecular Phylogeny for Bats Illuminates Biogeography and the Fossil Record". Science 307 (5709): 580–584. doi:10.1126/science.1105113. PMID 15681385. Bibcode: 2005Sci...307..580T.
- 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. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.08.001. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222646551.
Wikidata ☰ Q2610306 entry
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