Daubenton’s Bat, Myotis daubentonii Kuhl 1817, hunting over water.
Named in honor of the French naturalist Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton who died today in 1800. [source]
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1801 - Dwarf planet Ceres is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.
In terms of its zoological diversity, Europe is the best known continent on the planet. Indeed it's generally assumed that just about all of Europe's macrofauna has, by now, been discovered.