Yves Rumpler (born 1938), is a

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researcher and primatologist. He was a professor of embryology and primatology at the

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until he retired in 2007.

Career

In 1959 Yves Rumpler was appointed assistant chief in the Institute of Embryology at the University of Strasbourg and until 1966 his research focused on traditional subjects studied at Strasbourg e.g. thyroid hormones, teratology. From 1966 to 1976, Yves Rumpler was an associate lecturer in histology and embryology at the National School of Medicine,

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, Madagascar (now part of the University of Antananarivo). He undertook studies on the systematic and chromosomal evolution of the lemurs in Madagascar and is consequently recognized for his work in primatology. He then served as department head of the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Cytogenetics Laboratory, studying quantitative cytology and histology at the teaching hospital of Strasbourg. From 1980 to 2007 Yves Rumpler taught at the Institute of Embryology in the University of Strasbourg. He has received an honorary doctorate from the

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Discoveries

Yves Rumpler took part in the description of new species of primates: *''

Hapalemur aureus The golden bamboo lemur (''Hapalemur aureus''), or in Malagasy, is a medium-sized bamboo lemur endemic to south-eastern Madagascar. Description The golden bamboo lemur is crepuscular i.e. is a most active at dawn and dusk. It is about the siz ...

'' Meier, Albignac, Peyrieras, Wright and Rumpler, described in 1987 *'' Tarsius dentatus'' Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described into 1991 in Sulawesi (Indonesia) *''

Tarsius dianae Dian's tarsier (''Tarsius dentatus''), also known as the Diana tarsier, is a nocturnal primate endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its head-body length is and it has a tail of . Dian's tarsier lives in rainforests. It was formerly called ''T ...

'' Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described in 1991 *''

Lepilemur aeeclis The Antafia sportive lemur, or red-shouldered sportive lemur (''Lepilemur aeeclis'') is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about , of which are tail. The AEECL's sportive lemur is found in western Madagascar, livin ...

'' Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler,

Lepilemuridae The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, ''Lepilemur''. They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar. ...

lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006 *''

Lepilemur randrianasoli Randrianasolo's sportive lemur (''Lepilemur randrianasoloi''), or the Bemaraha sportive lemur, is a sportive lemur endemic to Madagascar. It has a total length of about , of which are tail. Randrianasolo's sportive lemur is found in western Ma ...

Lepilemur sahamalaza The Sahamalaza sportive lemur (''Lepilemur sahamalaza'') is a species of sportive lemur endemic to northern Madagascar. Taxonomy The sportive lemurs (Lepilemuridae) constitute a family with only a single genus, ''Lepilemur''. Relationships withi ...

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, he also created the genus name for the true lemurs: ''

Eulemur True lemurs, also known as brown lemurs, are the lemurs in genus ''Eulemur''. They are medium-sized primates that live exclusively on Madagascar. The fur of the true lemurs is long and usually reddish brown. Often, sexual dimorphism in coloratio ...

'' (Simons & Rumpler 1988). This new genus joined together the species ''

Eulemur fulvus The common brown lemur (''Eulemur fulvus'') is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and has been introduced to Mayotte. Taxonomy Five additional currently recognized species of lemur were until 2001 considered s ...

'', '' E. mongoz'', '' E. macaco'', '' E. rubriventer'' and '' E. coronatus'' which were previously in the genus '' Lemur''.

Bibliography

Selected work from scientific magazines and the field of the primatology: *''Mammifères lémuriens (Primates, Prosimiens), Faunes de Madagascar'', fasc. 44, CNRS-ORSTOM, Paris, 1977, (by

Jean-Jacques Petter Jean-Jacques Petter (1927-2002) was a French primatologist known for his studies of lemurs and his conservation work in Madagascar. Petter's observational research of a variety of lemur species at several sites around Madagascar in the late 195 ...

, Roland Albignac and Yves Rumpler). *''Atlas d'embryologie clinique. Anatomie sectionnelle et imagerie de l'embryon et du fœtus'', De Boeck University, 1997, , (in collaboration with Yves Rumpler).

References

*''Les Sciences morphologiques médicales à Strasbourg du XVème au XXème siècle'', Jean-Marie Minor, University Presses of Strasbourg, 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumpler, Yves Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg 20th-century French zoologists French embryologists Primatologists 1938 births Living people