Brickbats and Bouquets

Being an intelligent man I thought you would have heard about Edward Briq and his surveys to Peru (in 1864). Briq was an expert on mammals, leading the field in bats. During one of his trips Briq was called on to examine a new species of bat, rather large compared to most, in fact too large to fly properly. The bat was named after the discoverer, as trends dictate, and so became known as the Briq Bat

The Briq Bat was, as mentioned, a poor flyer and generally useless. It is thought to be extinct now due to poor adaptation (it was still an
insectivore despite the fact that it couldn't catch 90% of its prey). Briq Bat found its way into common parlance in a similar way to the Dodo, with the usual corruption of spelling that occurs over the years.

(incidently it's flight was about as far as you could throw a quarter of a brick)

Anyway, you can find one of the last known examples of the Peruvian Briq Bat in the Natural History Museum.