Western sucker-footed bat

{{Short description|Species of bat}}

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| name = Western sucker-footed bat

| image =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal| last1=Monadjem| first1= A.| last2= Cardiff| first2= S.G.| last3= Rakotoarivelo| first3= A.R.| last4= Jenkins| first4= R.K.B.| last5= Ratrimomanarivo| first5= F.H.| title= Myzopoda schliemanni| journal= The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species| year= 2017| page= e.T136465A21986182| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136465A21986182.en| doi-access= free}}

| genus = Myzopoda

| species = schliemanni

| authority = Goodman et al., 2006

| range_map = Myzopoda schliemanni range map.svg

| range_map_caption = Western sucker-footed bat range

}}

The western sucker-footed bat (Myzopoda schliemanni) is a Bat endemic to Madagascar. Little is known about its habits, but they are assumed to be similar to those of the Madagascar sucker-footed bat.Garbutt, Nick; Mammals of Madagascar; Yale University Press, New Haven, 2007: pg 73

The western sucker-footed bat is {{convert|92|-|107|mm|ft|abbr=on}} long. It has large ears, and prominent suckers on its feet and thumbs. It has buff-brown upper parts, and mouse-gray underparts.

The species has been found on three lowland broad-leaf rainforest sites in north-western Madagascar. It is also found in dry deciduous forests.{{cite journal |last1=russell |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |title=Population Genetic Analysis of Myzopoda (Chiroptera: Myzopodidae) in Madagascar |date=19 February 2008 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=209–221 |doi=10.1644/07-MAMM-A-044.1 |s2cid=54958144 |doi-access=free }} It feeds extensively on Lepidoptera, as well as cockroaches, and to a much smaller extent on Hymenoptera and beetles.Rajemison, B., & Goodman, S. M. (2007). The diet of Myzopoda schliemanni, a recently described Malagasy endemic, based on scat analysis. Acta Chiropterologica, 9(1), 311-313. doi:10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[311:tdomsa]2.0.co;2