Chiroptera [Bats] (1904)plate 67 from Kunstformen der Natur by Ernst Haeckel Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a German zoologist and naturalist who described and named thousands of new species and created many terms used today in biology. His work of over one hundred illustrations of animals and sea creatures, Kunstformen der Natur ("Art forms in Nature"), would go on to influence the Art Nouveau artistic movement. This plate, Chiroptera, depicts the unique facial structures of various species of bats: 1-2: Brown Long-eared Bat, 3: Lesser Long-eared Bat, 4: Lesser False Vampire Bat, 5: Big-eared Woolly Bat, 6-7: Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat, 8: Mexican Funnel-eared Bat, 9: Antillean Ghost-faced Bat, 10: Flower-faced Bat, 11: Greater Spear-nosed Bat, 12: Thumbless Bat, 13: Greater Horseshoe Bat,14: Wrinkle-faced Bat, 15: Spectral Bat Matte Poster• Printed with Dye/Pigment Reactive Ink on Archival Matte Paper• Shipped in Heavy Duty Poster Tube• Heavy weight (210 gsm), thick base, and an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging
