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    Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (11 June 1786 – 4 May 1845) was a German physician and natural scientist. Cretzschmar was born at Sulzbach and studied medicine...
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    Soemmerring's gazelle (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    first described and given its scientific name by German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar in 1828. Three subspecies are recognized. It is possibly no longer...
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    camaroptera was described by the German physician and zoologist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar in 1830 under the binomial name Sylvia brevicaudata. The type...
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    English name commemorates the German physician and scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. The genus...
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  • Elliott Coues – US John Courtney – Australia Lee Crandall – US Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar – Germany Maunsell Crosby – US Georges Cuvier – France Ede Czynk...
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    damma, O. dammah, O. bezoarticus, and O. ensicornis. In 1826, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar used the name Oryx ammah for the species. A year later, the name...
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    Turdoides (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    genus Turdoides was introduced in 1826 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar specifically for the white-headed babbler. The name combines the...
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    pirates who had occupied his ship for 2 weeks. During his absence, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar had used specimens sent back by Rüppell to produce the Atlas zu...
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    his family returned to Europe. He visited Germany, where he met Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, and England, where he met John Edward Gray at the British Museum...
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    Meyer's parrot (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    markings on the belly and rump. German physician and ornithologist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar described Meyer's parrot in 1827. The name commemorates the German...
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    Streaked scrub warbler (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    formally described and illustrated in 1830 by the German physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar under the binomial name Malurus inquietus. This species is now...
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  • babbler. The name commemorates the German physician and scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar who founded the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. BirdLife International...
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    Pale fox (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Retrieved 2024-04-28. Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2004). "Pale fox Vulpes pallida (Cretzschmar, 1827)". In Sillero-Zubiri, C.; Hoffmann, M.; Macdonald, D. W. (eds.)...
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    Goliath heron (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae Genus: Ardea Species: A. goliath Binomial name Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1829 Synonyms Garza goliath...
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    ones when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806. Physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845) was born in Sulzbach. Sulzbach is twinned with: Pont-Sainte-Maxence...
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    Black-winged lapwing (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Vanellus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) Synonyms Charadrius melanopterus Cretzschmar, 1829 Hoplopterus melanopterus (Cretzschmar, 1829) Stephanibyx melanopterus...
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    Arabian barbastelle (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    described as a new species in 1826 by German scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar. Cretzschmar initially placed it in the genus Vespertilio, with the binomial...
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    Arabian babbler (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Passeriformes Family: Leiothrichidae Genus: Argya Species: A. squamiceps Binomial name Argya squamiceps (Cretzschmar, 1827) Synonyms Turdoides squamiceps...
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    Unstriped ground squirrel (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Xerini Genus: Xerus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833 Species: X. rutilus Binomial name Xerus rutilus (Cretzschmar, 1828)...
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    Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Death of Christoph Feldegg Death of Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar John Cassin describes the lesser yellow-headed vulture in Proceedings...
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  • the Cheeseman herbarium of about 10,000 specimens in Auckland Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845), German physician and zoologist (especially birds...
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    Cricket warbler (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae Genus: Spiloptila Sundevall, 1872 Species: S. clamans Binomial name Spiloptila clamans (Cretzschmar, 1826)...
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    Yellow-breasted barbet (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
     margaritatus Binomial name Trachyphonus margaritatus (Cretzschmar, 1828) Subspecies T. m. margaritatus - (Cretzschmar, 1828) T. m. somalicus - Zedlitz, 1910...
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    Java and specimens were in the museum of the East India Company Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar founds the Senckenberg Natural History Society. Ongoing events...
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    Black-headed gonolek (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae Genus: Laniarius Species: L. erythrogaster Binomial name Laniarius erythrogaster (Cretzschmar, 1829)...
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    Eastern spiny mouse (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Genus: Acomys Species: A. dimidiatus Binomial name Acomys dimidiatus (Cretzschmar, 1826) Synonyms Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus Acomys flavidus Mus dimidiatus...
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    Geoffroy's horseshoe bat (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    bat was described as a new species in 1828 by German scientist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar. The holotype was collected in Mohila, Saudi Arabia. In 2012,...
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    Little free-tailed bat (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Molossidae Genus: Mops Species: M. pumilus Binomial name Mops pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1826)...
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    Red-pate cisticola (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae Genus: Cisticola Species: C. ruficeps Binomial name Cisticola ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830)...
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    Nubian bustard (category Taxa named by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar)
    Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Otidiformes Family: Otididae Genus: Neotis Species: N. nuba Binomial name Neotis nuba (Cretzschmar, 1826)...
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