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Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, Hellbrunn,
by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson 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. His African collections are housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, Hellbrunn, Salzburg
Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872.
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– 17 December 1927, Vienna
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) was an Austrian explorer and zoologist
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...
.
He conducted zoological investigations in British East Africa (present-day Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
) in 1905, German East Africa
German East Africa (GEA; german: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozam ...
in 1907, and in the Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
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(1910–11).The Eponym Dictionary of Mammalsby Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson 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. His African collections are housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.
Eponymy
Birds: * Grauer's broadbill, ''Pseudocalyptomena graueri'' *Grauer's cuckooshrike
Grauer's cuckooshrike (''Ceblepyris graueri'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by ...
, ''Coracina graueri''
* Grauer's swamp warbler, ''Bradypterus graueri''
*Grauer's warbler
Grauer's warbler (''Graueria vittata'') is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae.
It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.
Its name commemorates German zoologist Rudolf Grauer
Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, H ...
, ''Graueria vittata''
Mammals:
*Grauer's large-headed shrew
Grauer's large-headed shrew (''Paracrocidura graueri'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecosys ...
, ''Paracrocidura graueri''
*Eastern lowland gorilla
The eastern lowland gorilla (''Gorilla beringei graueri'') or Grauer's gorilla is a Critically Endangered subspecies of eastern gorilla endemic to the mountainous forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Important populations of t ...
, ''Gorilla beringei graueri''
Reptiles:
* Grauer's blind snake, ''Letheobia graueri''
*Rwanda five-toed skink, '' Leptosiaphos graueri''
Amphibians:
*Grauer's puddle frog (Rugege river frog), '' Phrynobatrachus graueri''
Fishes:
*'' Bathybates graueri''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grauer, Rudolf 1870 births 1927 deaths Scientists from Salzburg Austrian zoologists Austrian explorers Explorers from Austria-Hungary