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Another bat species, the Rafinesque Bat, also seems not to be affected by WNS.

Rafinesque went on to publish formal descriptions of the fish, but attributed them to Audubon, and the prank was discovered in the 1870s.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest A page from Constantine Rafinesque’s field notebook, with a ‘big-eye jumping mouse’, a ‘lion-tail jumping mouse’, a ‘three-striped mole rat’ and a ‘brindled stamiter’.

“We know without doubt that Audubon provided Rafinesque with the description of one imaginary mammal, and it appears that he described nine additional ‘species’ to him.

“Audubon may have thought that Rafinesque would realise the prank, and he probably considered it unlikely that the eccentric naturalist would be capable of publishing his descriptions in scientific journals. If so, he underestimated both Rafinesque’s trusting naivety and his ingenuity in finding and creating outlets for his work.”