Murciélago was a 5-year dark-brown Retinta breed bull with partridge eye coat and middle-length horns.
Murciélago demonstrated its indomitable bravery during the bullfight that the crowd asked the matador to spare the bull.
[1][2][3] According to the PR-specialists, the bull survived 90 sword strokes in a 5 October 1879 fight against Rafael "El Lagartijo" Molina Sánchez, at the Coso de los califas bullring in Córdoba, Spain.
It is said 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.