Giclee reprint of an original lithograph from Animaux nouveaux ou rares recueillis pendant l’expédition dans les parties centrales de l’Amérique du Sud (1855), a monumental French natural history work documenting new and rare species discovered during the scientific expedition across South America from 1843 to 1847.

The expedition was commanded by the explorer Francis de Castelnau under orders of the French government. French paleontologist and zoologist Paul Gervais authored the seminal introductory segments of the zoological scientific reports published by P. Bertrand in Paris.

This specific lithograph depicts two distinct species of New World leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae).

Figure 1&3: Micronycteris minuta (historically described in the text as Schizostoma minutum), commonly known today as the tiny big-eared bat.

Figure 2: Gardnerycteris crenulata (historically described in the text as Phyllostoma crenulatum), commonly known today as the striped hairy-nosed bat.