Bats
Date
1879
Creator
Philibert Charles Berjeau (1845 - 1927, French) , Illustrator
Creator - Organisation
Mintern Bros, Lithographer
Object type
Library reference
41158
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 241mm
width (page): 241mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of eight species of bat, including:
1. Peter’s tube-nosed bat, Harpiola grisea, referred to in the associated text as Vesperugo abigularis.
2. Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aeneus, referred to here as Vesperugo parvulus.
3. Geoffroy’s tailless bat, Anoura geoffroyi, referred to here as Glossonycteris lasiopyga.
4. The wing of a Saccopteryx sac-winged bat, referred to here as Saccopteryx plicata.
5. Greater long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis, referred to here as Ischnoglossa nivalis.
6. Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata, referred to here as the same.
7. Greater broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus vittatus, referred to here as Vampyrops vittatus.
8. Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio senex, referred to here as Centurio macmurtrii.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab. 3’
Below: ‘1. VESPERUGO ABIGULARIS. 2. VESPERUGO PARVULUS. 3. GLOSSONYCTERIS LASIOPYGA.
4. SACCOPTERYX PLICATA. 5. ISCHNOGLOSSA NIVALIS. 6. DIPHYLLA ECAUDATA.
7. VAMPYROPS VITTATUS. 8. CENTURIO MACMURTRII.
C. Berjeau lith. Mintern Bros
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Table 3 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
1. Peter’s tube-nosed bat, Harpiola grisea, referred to in the associated text as Vesperugo abigularis.
2. Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aeneus, referred to here as Vesperugo parvulus.
3. Geoffroy’s tailless bat, Anoura geoffroyi, referred to here as Glossonycteris lasiopyga.
4. The wing of a Saccopteryx sac-winged bat, referred to here as Saccopteryx plicata.
5. Greater long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis, referred to here as Ischnoglossa nivalis.
6. Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata, referred to here as the same.
7. Greater broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus vittatus, referred to here as Vampyrops vittatus.
8. Wrinkle-faced bat, Centurio senex, referred to here as Centurio macmurtrii.
Inscribed above: ‘Biol Centr Am Mammalia Tab. 3’
Below: ‘1. VESPERUGO ABIGULARIS. 2. VESPERUGO PARVULUS. 3. GLOSSONYCTERIS LASIOPYGA.
4. SACCOPTERYX PLICATA. 5. ISCHNOGLOSSA NIVALIS. 6. DIPHYLLA ECAUDATA.
7. VAMPYROPS VITTATUS. 8. CENTURIO MACMURTRII.
C. Berjeau lith. Mintern Bros
imp’
Table 3 from Biologia centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, the Mammalia volume, authored by Edward Aliston and co-edited by Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Frederick Du Cane Godman (1834-1919) British entomologist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1882.
Osbert Salvin (1835-1898) British naturalist and ornithologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873.
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