1800 for IR and 1801 for UV? Then it is as I thought, but not for the reasons (microphones and recording) I thought: The dog whistle or Galton’s whistle was not invented until 1876, so ultralight and infralight were discovered before ultrasound. Infrasound comes even later: 1957!
Of course in English bats are the avatar for bad vision - “Blind as a bat”.
I’ve heard rabbits used for acute hearing - “Ears like a rabbit” - but I’m not sure how widespread that is.