Philippine colugo, Cynocephalus volans 4, and heads of Mauritian tomb bat, Taphozous mauritianus 1, common pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus 2, and greater long-eared bat, Nyctophilus timoriensis Plecotus 3. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Eugene Giraud after an illustration by Felix-Edouard Guérin-Méneville from Guérin-Méneville’s Iconographie du règne animal de George Cuvier, Iconography of the Animal Kingdom by George Cuvier, J. B. Bailliere, Paris, 1829-1844.

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