William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens...
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and naturalist William John Burchell. Common names include bontequagga, Damaraland zebra, and Zululand zebra (Gray, 1824). Burchell's zebra is the only...
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Cottonmouth Burchell Lake, Ontario, Canada, a ghost town Species named for William John Burchell: Burchell's coucal Burchell's courser Burchell's starling...
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Black-footed cat (category Taxa named by William John Burchell)
scientific name Felis nigripes was used by the British explorer William John Burchell in 1824 when he described the species based on skins of small, spotted...
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Southern white rhinoceros (redirect from Burchell's rhinoceros)
explorer William John Burchell in the 1810s. The subspecies is also known as Burchell's rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum burchellii) after Burchell and Oswell's...
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White-headed vulture (category Taxa named by William John Burchell)
Lesson, 1842 Species: T. occipitalis Binomial name Trigonoceps occipitalis (Burchell, 1824) Range of T. occipitalis Resident Possibly Extant (resident)...
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Clarias gariepinus (category Taxa named by William John Burchell)
Species: C. gariepinus Binomial name Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822 Synonyms Silurus gariepinus Burchell, 1822 Macropteronotus charmuth Lacepède, 1803 Clarias...
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Africa. The name of this bird commemorates the English naturalist William John Burchell. This species is found in Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique...
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Blue wildebeest (category Taxa named by William John Burchell)
blue wildebeest was first described in 1823 by English naturalist William John Burchell, who gave it the scientific name Connochaetes taurinus. It shares...
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Rhigozum (category Taxa named by William John Burchell)
Rhigozum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. Rhigozum is a flowering shrub or small tree which is native to the drier areas of Africa...
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