'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] East Bedfont View of a sand vessel

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'Vespertilio Soricinus' [Greater spear-nosed bat] East Bedfont View of a sand vesselZoological study of a Greater spear nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus, native to Central and South America. The main figure is shown resting on a flat rock outcrop. A second bat in flight appears behind. Plate 5 from the book Miscellanea zoologica, quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur by P S Pallas (The Hague, 1766). An explanation to the plate appears in Latin: 'Vespertilio