Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (28 June 1773 – 24 July 1838) was a French zoologist and paleontologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist...
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (/ˈkjuːvieɪ/; French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) kyvje]), was a French...
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Mungos (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric Cuvier in 1795. The genus contains the following species: Geoffroy, E. & Cuvier, F. (1795). "Mémoire sur une nouvelle...
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Stink badger (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Étienne; Cuvier, Frédéric (1821). "Le télagon". Histoire naturelle des mammifères. Vol. 3 (27)...
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Red panda (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
was described and named in 1825 by Frederic Cuvier, who gave it its current scientific name Ailurus fulgens. Cuvier's description was based on zoological...
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Paradoxurus (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822. The Paradoxurus species have a broad head, a narrow muzzle...
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Cuvier is both a French surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838), French zoologist Georges...
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Warthog (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
Artiodactyla Family: Suidae Tribe: Phacochoerini Genus: Phacochoerus F. Cuvier, 1826 Type species Aper aethiopicus Pallas, 1766 Species Phacochoerus aethiopicus...
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Tricolored bat (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
tricolored bat was described as a new species in 1832 by French zoologist Frédéric Cuvier, who placed it in the genus Vespertilio with a scientific name of Vespertilio...
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Rhim gazelle (category Taxa named by Frédéric Cuvier)
aurochs, oryx or perhaps a unicorn. Although described and named by Frédéric Cuvier in 1842, the rhim gazelle was rediscovered by Edmund Giles Loder later...
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