Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (15 August 1843, Glasgow – 25 March 1923, Munich) was a Scottish-born, Swiss physician, zoologist and vertebrate palaeontologist...
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suburb of Urrbrae David Forsyth Main (1831–1880), 19th-century member of parliament in Otago, New Zealand Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923), Swiss...
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Samotherium (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
okapi, judging from examination of specimens of S. major from Greece. "†Samotherium Forsyth Major 1888". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved...
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Rhagamys (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
and rats. The genus was established by the Swiss zoologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major to accommodate Rhagamys orthodon, which is the only species...
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Megaladapis (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
doi:10.1098/rstb.1894.0002. hdl:2027/hvd.32044107356206. JSTOR 91769. Major, Forsyth (January 1, 1900). "Extinct Mammalia from Madagascar. I. Megaladapis...
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melitensis. The first proper description was published in 1883 by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, who used the name Elephas lamarmorae. He no published pictures...
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Small-toothed sportive lemur (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
sportive lemur genus (Lepilemur), was first described in 1894 by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, based on a specimen found in the Ankafana Forest in the eastern...
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Nesolagus (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Nesolagus Forsyth Major, 1899 Type species Lepus netscheri Species Nesolagus netscheri Nesolagus...
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Prostrepsiceros (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Genus: †Prostrepsiceros Major, 1891...
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name Okapia johnstoni to the species. In 1902, Swiss zoologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major suggested the inclusion of O. johnstoni in the extinct giraffid...
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by British paleontologist Dorothea Bate in 1901, which led Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major to recognise material in the Paris collection as also originating...
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Thomas' dwarf lemur (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Primates Suborder: Strepsirrhini Family: Cheirogaleidae Genus: Cheirogaleus Species: C. thomasi Binomial name Cheirogaleus thomasi (Forsyth Major, 1894)...
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Nesomyidae (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Genus Beamys Lesser hamster-rat, Beamys hindei Greater hamster-rat, Beamys major Genus Cricetomys - giant pouched rats Southern giant pouched rat, Cricetomys...
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Nesomyinae (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
M. (2004). "Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics...
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that the Swiss paleontologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major discovered Falconer's wolf (Canis falconeri) (Forsyth Major 1877). The species was later reassigned...
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African giant squirrel (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Protoxerini Genus: Protoxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 Type species Sciurus stangeri Species Protoxerus stangeri Protoxerus...
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menageries, and cabinets. Some of the major collectors were Johann Maria Hildebrandt and Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major. From these collections, as well as...
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Plesiorycteropus have been misidentified as rodents and primates. Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major described Myoryctes rapeto in 1908 as a "giant subfossil rat"...
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figure Charlie Major, Canadian country music singerPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923), Scottish-born...
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Web-footed tenrec (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Microgale Species: M. mergulus Binomial name Microgale mergulus (Forsyth Major, 1896) Web-footed tenrec range Synonyms Limnogale mergulus Major, 1896...
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Milne-Edwards' sportive lemur (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
hence showing concerns on this species population levels. Hunting is a major factor that contributes to population loss, which is intrinsically linked...
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African bush squirrel (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Xerinae Tribe: Protoxerini Genus: Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 Type species Sciurus cepapi Species See text...
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Sibree's dwarf lemur (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Strepsirrhini Family: Cheirogaleidae Genus: Cheirogaleus Species: C. sibreei Binomial name Cheirogaleus sibreei Forsyth Major, 1896 Sibree's dwarf lemur range...
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paleontologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major discovered two species in this region, these being the Falconer's wolf (Canis falconeri Forsyth Major 1877) that...
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paleontologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major discovered two species in this region, these being the Falconer's wolf (Canis falconeri Forsyth Major 1877) that...
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are usually larger than females. It was described in 1897 by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major, a Swiss zoologist-physician.: 183 S. p. oliveri, from Mindoro...
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Least shrew tenrec (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Genus: Microgale Species: M. pusilla Binomial name Microgale pusilla Forsyth Major, 1896 Least shrew tenrec range Synonyms Microgale majori Thomas, 1918...
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Voalavoanala (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Genus: Gymnuromys Major, 1896 Species: G. roberti Binomial name Gymnuromys roberti Major, 1896 Voalavoanala range...
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1893 that giant lemur species were formally described, when Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major discovered and described a long, narrow skull of Megaladapis...
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Brachyuromys (category Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major)
Order: Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Subfamily: Nesomyinae Genus: Brachyuromys Major, 1896 Species Brachyuromys betsileoensis Brachyuromys ramirohitra...
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