![The Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) is endemic to Madagascar can can stick to glass. It roosts upright in leaves using sticky pads on its thumbs. It eats moths and other insects. : The Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) is endemic to Madagascar can can stick to glass. It roosts upright in leaves using sticky pads on its thumbs. It eats moths and other insects. :](https://external-preview.redd.it/GmW_QcUOpwEg5zENbLhtOkQ7i4JFaXjBkfgiwT6yws8.jpg?auto=webp&s=ddb6ecbf4f97a36c07d6c0d46b016c2b0b744b6a)
The Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) is endemic to Madagascar can can stick to glass. It roosts upright in leaves using sticky pads on its thumbs. It eats moths and other insects. :
![Susan Tsang, Ph.D - @batgirl_susan@mas.to on Twitter: "Meet a #bat: Myzopoda aurita (Old World sucker-footed 🦇)- attaches by wet adhesion w/in rolled leaves by secreting fluids from pads #BatWeek https://t.co/LKVKkhjbEj" / Twitter Susan Tsang, Ph.D - @batgirl_susan@mas.to on Twitter: "Meet a #bat: Myzopoda aurita (Old World sucker-footed 🦇)- attaches by wet adhesion w/in rolled leaves by secreting fluids from pads #BatWeek https://t.co/LKVKkhjbEj" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNFkiP2WAAAQgfd.jpg)
Susan Tsang, Ph.D - @batgirl_susan@mas.to on Twitter: "Meet a #bat: Myzopoda aurita (Old World sucker-footed 🦇)- attaches by wet adhesion w/in rolled leaves by secreting fluids from pads #BatWeek https://t.co/LKVKkhjbEj" / Twitter
![The sucker footed bat is one of the few bat species that roosts in an upright position. They actually don't employ suction but a wet adhesion with the pads on their wrists The sucker footed bat is one of the few bat species that roosts in an upright position. They actually don't employ suction but a wet adhesion with the pads on their wrists](https://external-preview.redd.it/vkmMHB51J1Uce3mr82ZeyoTTSdj-d4wE0sDGvZMmDRI.jpg?auto=webp&s=c3c86b988c1ecbbe8209dfbc99f4af297896fb5d)
The sucker footed bat is one of the few bat species that roosts in an upright position. They actually don't employ suction but a wet adhesion with the pads on their wrists
![Madagascan sucker-footed bat. Source: It's Nature http://www.itsnature.org. | Download Scientific Diagram Madagascan sucker-footed bat. Source: It's Nature http://www.itsnature.org. | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274710253/figure/fig78/AS:669509031587863@1536634800841/Madagascan-sucker-footed-bat-Source-Its-Nature-http-wwwitsnatureorg.png)
Madagascan sucker-footed bat. Source: It's Nature http://www.itsnature.org. | Download Scientific Diagram
![Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) ♀ | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | Chien C Lee Wildlife Photography Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) ♀ | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | Chien C Lee Wildlife Photography](https://photos.chienclee.com/img-get2/I0000TarzLUQ_ZkI/fit=1000x750/cld1722569.jpg)
Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) ♀ | Fianarantsoa, Madagascar | Chien C Lee Wildlife Photography
Chien Lee Wildlife Photography - Another living testament to the incredible uniqueness of Madagascar's wildlife: deep within spiral of a giant unfurled Ravenala leaf, a Madagascar Sucker-footed Bat (Myzopoda aurita) roosts in
![Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 146 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. Limited as is our space, we cannot pass over the Sucker-footed Bats. These are met with, strangely enough, in Mammals of other lands;. Mammals. 146 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. Limited as is our space, we cannot pass over the Sucker-footed Bats. These are met with, strangely enough, in](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/611e16d32367454a9bd43fb37fdfb0ab/rdmfw2.jpg)