Maria Elizabeth Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929)
Namesake of: Snethlage’s marmoset (Mico emiliae) - German-born naturalist and ornithologist - Emigrated to Brazil in 1905 when offered a...
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Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929)
Namesake of: Thomas’ langur (Presbytis thomasi) - British naturalist and taxonomist who worked at the British Museum of Natural History -...
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Gabrielle Maud Vassal (1880-1959)
Namesake of: Southern yellow-cheeked crested gibbon (Nomascus gabriellae) - English naturalist and writer - Traveled with her husband...
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Charles Coquerel (1822-1867)
Namesake of: Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli), Coquerel’s mouse lemur (Mirza coquereli) - French entomologist who made several...
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William Louis Abbott (1860-1936)
Namesake of: Abbott's Gibbon (Hylobates abbotti) - American naturalist, doctor, explorer, ornithologist - Used private wealth for...
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Jules Verreaux (1807-1873)
Namesake of: Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) - Stole and taxidermied the body parts of a recently buried South African man from...
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