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Long-nosed Echymipera
The long-nosed echymipera (''Echymipera rufescens''), or long-nosed spiny bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Vernacular names Vernacular names for ''E. rufescens'' in various Aru languages of the Aru Islands in far eastern Indonesia: * Ujir: koa *Kola: koyi *Dobel: ʔosi *Batuley Batuley (Gwatle lir) is a language spoken on the Aru Islands Regency, Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. It is close to Mariri language, Mariri; Hughes (1987) estimates that around 80% of lexical items are shared. The language's name comes from t ...: koyi * Manumbai: kagaran * Goda-Goda: kawaran * Lorang: kagwaran * Koba: ngarukwabala * West Tarangan: man References External linksImage at ADW Peramelemorphs Marsupials of New Guinea Marsupials of Australia Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals of Queensland Least co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 in Koldenbüttel – 20 April 1883) was a German natural history, naturalist and explorer. He was assistant to the anatomist Johannes Peter Müller and later became curator of the Natural History Museum, Berlin, Berlin Zoological Museum. Encouraged by Müller and the explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Peters travelled to Mozambique via Angola in September 1842, exploring the coastal region and the Zambesi River. He returned to Berlin with an enormous collection of natural history specimens, which he then described in ''Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt'' (1852–1882). The work was comprehensive in its coverage, dealing with mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, river fish, insects and botany. He replaced Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |