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 (1910–11).[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 edit
Birds:
- Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena graueri
- Grauer's cuckooshrike, Coracina graueri
- Grauer's swamp warbler, Bradypterus graueri
- Grauer's warbler, Graueria vittata
Mammals:[2]
- Grauer's large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura graueri
- Eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri
Reptiles:[3]
- Grauer's blind snake, Letheobia graueri
- Rwanda five-toed skink, Leptosiaphos graueri
Amphibians:[5]
- Grauer's puddle frog (Rugege river frog), Phrynobatrachus graueri
Fishes:[6]
References edit
- ^ Biography in German @ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
- ^ a b The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ biographical information @ Austria-Forum
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ 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.