Murciélago

This article is about the famous bull. For the sports car, see Lamborghini Murciélago. For the Mexican professional wrestler, see Murciélago Velázquez.

Murciélago (Spanish for "Bat") was a Navarra fighting bull who gained fame after Lamborghini chose to name a supercar after him to continue the passion for bullfighting that Ferruccio Lamborghini, the company's founder, was famous for.^{[citation needed]}

Murciélago was a 5-year dark-brown Retinta breed bull with partridge eye coat and middle-length horns. He was the third bull to fight at the Coso de los califas bullring in Córdoba, Murciélago was the second bull to be spared by the espada after surviving 24 jabs with the lance from the picador in a fight on 5 October 1879, against the diestro Rafael "El Lagartijo" Molina Sánchez. Murciélago demonstrated its indomitable bravery during the bullfight that the crowd asked the matador to spare the bull.^[1][2]

The bull survived 24 jabs in a 5 October 1879 fight against Rafael "El Lagartijo" Molina Sánchez, at the Coso de los califas bullring in Córdoba, Spain.^[3] Its name means bat in Spanish. It is said^{[by whom?]} that Murciélago fought with such passion and spirit that the crowd called for his life to be spared, an honour which the torero bestowed. The bull, which came from the farm of Joaquín del Val de Navarra, was later presented as a gift to Don Antonio Miura. Together with his brother, Don Eduardo Miura, they brought Murciélago into the Miura line by siring him with 70 cows. Bulls from the Miura ranch, located near Seville, Spain, are known for being large and ferocious.^[4]

Lamborghini

The name of the Murciélago bull was used by Lamborghini to name the Lamborghini Murciélago model manufactured between 2001 and 2010, in this way the manufacturer Ferruccio Lamborghini and his shown passion for bullfights were honored. The manufacturer has used the names of different famous bulls throughout its history to name its sports cars.^[5] The Lamborghini Murciélago model was included in 2008 in the movie Batman The Dark Night where the sports car driven by Bruce Wayne can be seen.