Ludwig Lorenz von Liburnau (26 August 1856,
Fiume - 9 December 1943,
St. Gilgen) was an Austrian
zoologist. He was the son of
naturalist Josef Roman Lorenz von Liburnau (1825-1911).
In 1879 he obtained his PhD from the
University of Vienna, receiving his habilitation in
zoology in 1898. From 1880 to 1922 he was associated with the ''
Naturhistorisches Museum'' in
Vienna.
In 1899 he was the first scientist to provide analysis of ''
Hadropithecus stenognathus
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'' (an extinct species of
lemur), a study based on a
mandible discovered by
fossil collector
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Franz Sikora at Andrahomana cave in southeastern
Madagascar. At the time, Lorenz believed the specimen to be the mandible of an anthropoid primate species.
The
North Island kaka
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
(''
Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis
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* Nestor (mythology), King of Pylos in Greek mythology
Arts and entertainment
* "Nestor" (''Ulysses'' episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses''
* Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, L ...
''), a nationally endangered bird from
New Zealand, was named by Lorenz in 1896. The
western avahi (''Avahi occidentalis''), a species he described in 1898, is sometimes referred to as "Lorenz von Liburnau’s woolly lemur".
IUCN Red List
Western avahi
Publications
* ''Über einige Reste ausgestorbener Primaten von Madagaskar''. — Denkschr., 70, S. 1 — 15, 3 Abb., 3 Taf., Wien 1900.
* ''Über Hadropithecus stenognathus Lz. nebst Bemerkungen zu einigen anderen ausgestorbenen Primaten von Madagaskar''. — Denkschr., 72, S. 1 — 12, 2 Taf., Wien 1901.
References
Loew_Franz_ex_Zapfe.pdf
(biographical information in German)
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1856 births
1943 deaths
People from Rijeka
Austrian zoologists