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Leisler|ˈlaɪzlə(r)| The name of the early 19th-c. German zoologist, T. P. Leisler, used in the possessive to designate Leisler's bat, a small black bat, Nyctalus leisleri, named after him in 1817 by H. Kuhl (Deutsch. Fledermäuse 38), and formerly called the hairy-armed bat.
1904J. G. Millais Mammals Great Brit. & Ireland I. 76 Leisler's Bat is considerably smaller than the noctule. 1910G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals I. 83 Leisler's Bat, or species closely resembling it, is found in the wooded districts of boreal and transitional Europe and Asia. 1941H. Cory Mammals Brit. Isles 255 Leisler's Bat..is rare in England, but occurs in greater numbers in eastern Ireland. 1960Times 14 June 14/7 Of the Leisler's bat..I recall no obvious distinguishing character. |