Long-eared Bat
by John Gould
Title
Long-eared Bat
Artist
John Gould
Medium
Drawing - Drawing
Description
Long-eared Bat by John Gould.
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John Gould's Mammals of Australia (1845–63)
The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat. It has distinctive ears, long and with a distinctive fold.
In 1838, the English ornithologist John Gould set sail for Australia with his wife, the artist Elizabeth Gould. The gorgeous lithographs included in The Mammals of Australia were made by H. C. Richter, based on drawings done by both Elizabeth and John during their time on the continent. These indelible images of the platypus, the sugar glider, and the Tasmanian tiger, among others introduced countless nineteenth-century readers to the existence of these extraordinary creatures.
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June 11th, 2020
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