Rudolf Grauer

Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, Hellbrunn, Salzburg 17 December 1927, Vienna) was an Austrian explorer and zoologist.

He conducted zoological investigations in British East Africa (present-day Uganda) in 1905, German East Africa in 1907, and in the Belgian Congo (191011).[1][2] In 1910 he was among the first Europeans to come in contact with the Mambuti. He died from actinomycosis, which he had contracted in Africa.[3] His African collections are housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.[4]

Eponymy

Birds:

Mammals:[2]

Reptiles:[3]

Amphibians:[5]

Fishes:[6]

References

  1. Biography in German @ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
  2. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7.
  4. biographical information @ Austria-Forum
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
  6. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
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