bat

[jeap]

bat named after French naturalist who was first director of Nat, History Museum in Paris

[Metz]

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat, Plecotus rafinesquii
Scientific name: The genus name Plecotus is from two Greek words, plekos (to twist) and otus (ear), referring to this bat's habit of twisting its long ears almost in a spiral as it folds them down over its back when roosting. The species is the Latinized name of the eccentric French naturalist Constantine Rafinesque (1783 - 1840), who collected and described many species of flora and fauna of eastern North America. This species is also sometimes called the Eastern Big-eared Bat.

[wildwood]

was this a question or a statement?

[burnhal]

Are you sure about this? Rafinesque went to the US at a fairly young age and spent the rest of his life there. What about Daubenton's Bat? Named after Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton who did live and work in Paris! Made keeper and demonstrator of the cabinet of Natural History in Paris in 1744

[Cetti]

It is Daubenton's Bat, after Louis-Jean Marie Daubenton who was the first Director of the National History Museum in Paris.

[SteveD]

If this is a crossword clue, how many letters is it?

There is also a Buffon's bat and the Comte de Buffon is mentioned here:

http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/foffice/national/nat ional/presentation/buffon/sombuffon/art-buffon .xsp?ARTICLE_ARTICLE_ID=11005&idx=9&nav=liste& fidx=1

Also, if this is a crossword, it would be better posted in Quizzes & Puzzles.

[jeap]

Thanks to all those who answered, think it is Daubenton
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