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Old World sucker-footed bat

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Myzopodidae

Facts about the family Myzopodidae, the Old World sucker-footed bat

Thyropteridae, Furipteridae, and Natalidae are all Neotropical in distribution, but Myzopodidae is found only in Madagascar. (Full text)

Specifically, our meager sampling of "non-yangochiropteran" families cannot distinguish with confidence whether Myzopodidae is the basal lineage of traditional Yangochiroptera or has closer affinities with other (unsampled) families. (Full text)