George Robert Waterhouse (6 March 1810 – 21 January 1888) was an English naturalist. He was a keeper at the department of geology and later curator of...
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George Waterhouse may refer to: George Robert Waterhouse (1810–1888), British naturalist George Waterhouse (politician) (1824–1906), Premier of South Australia...
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Toolache wallaby (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
South Australia and southwestern Victoria. A species described by George Waterhouse in 1846. The type specimen was collected at Coorong in South Australia...
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Giant pouched rat (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Rodentia Family: Nesomyidae Subfamily: Cricetomyinae Genus: Cricetomys Waterhouse, 1840 Species Cricetomys ansorgei Cricetomys emini Cricetomys gambianus...
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Numbat (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
inches. The first classification of specimens was published by George Robert Waterhouse, describing the species in 1836 and the family in 1841. Myrmecobius...
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Parma wallaby (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
described by British naturalist John Gould in about 1840. Its epithet parma (Waterhouse 1845) comes after a word from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, but...
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Octodontidae (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Aconaemys Ameghino, 1891 (Andean rock rats). Species Aconaemys fuscus (Waterhouse, 1842) (Chilean rock rat). Andes of Chile and Argentina. Species Aconaemys...
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Sugar glider (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16731A21959798.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. Waterhouse, G. R. (1838). "Observations on certain modifications observed in the...
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Brush rabbit (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Genus: Sylvilagus Species: S. bachmani Binomial name Sylvilagus bachmani (Waterhouse, 1839) Subspecies S. b. mansuetus S. b. riparius Brush rabbit range...
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hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) was first described scientifically by George Robert Waterhouse in 1839, researchers were not able to successfully breed and domesticate...
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Philippine tree squirrel (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
languages, like other endemic Philippine squirrels. It was described by Waterhouse in 1839 in Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839:117, UPLB Museum of Natural History...
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Javanese flying squirrel (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Iomys Species: I. horsfieldii Binomial name Iomys horsfieldii (Waterhouse, 1838)...
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Lissopterus quadrinotatus (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
quadrinotatus is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae. "Lissopterus quadrinotatus G.R.Waterhouse, 1843". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08. v t e...
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Mexican cottontail (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Mexican cottontail was first described by the English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse in 1848 as part of his work in classifying specimens in the collection...
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Bennett's chinchilla rat (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Abrocomidae Genus: Abrocoma Species: A. bennettii Binomial name Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse, 1837...
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recognized as a distinct species in 1839 by British zoologist George Robert Waterhouse, who named it Cricetus auratus or the "golden hamster". The skin...
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Desert hare (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
T41307A45193298.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021. Smith, Andrew T.; Xie, Yan; Hoffmann, Robert S.; Lunde, Darrin; MacKinnon, John; Wilson, Don E.; Wozencraft, W. Chris...
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structural similarity to the wombat.: 94–96 English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse, curator of the Zoological Society of London, was the first to...
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Yellow-footed antechinus (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
year old. The yellow-footed antechinus was described in 1838 by George Robert Waterhouse, referring to a specimen that was collected north of the Hunter...
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Anomalurus (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Anomalurinae Gervais, 1849 Genus: Anomalurus Waterhouse, 1843 Type species Anomalurus fraseri Waterhouse, 1843 Species Anomalurus beecrofti Anomalurus...
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Bridges's degu (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Octodontidae Genus: Octodon Species: O. bridgesii Binomial name Octodon bridgesii Waterhouse, 1845...
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Chilean rock rat (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Octodontidae Genus: Aconaemys Species: A. fuscus Binomial name Aconaemys fuscus (Waterhouse, 1842)...
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Red-legged sun squirrel (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Heliosciurus Species: H. rufobrachium Binomial name Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842) Subspecies See text...
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Olive grass mouse (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Genus: Abrothrix Species: A. olivacea Binomial name Abrothrix olivacea (Waterhouse, 1837) Synonyms Akodon mansoensis Akodon olivaceus Akodon xanthorhinus...
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Forest giant squirrel (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Genus: Protoxerus Species: P. stangeri Binomial name Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842) Subspecies P. s. stangeri P. s. bea P. s. centricola P. s. cooperi...
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in Madagascar. This genus was described by English naturalist, George Robert Waterhouse, in 1880. These two species belong to the genus Appedesis: Appedesis...
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Derby's woolly opossum (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Ecuador and Colombia. It was first described by English naturalist George Robert Waterhouse, and named in honor of Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby...
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Bioko Allen's bushbaby (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
for Conservation of Nature. Originally described as Galago alleni by Waterhouse (1838), the species was placed in a separate genus, Sciurocheirus by Gray...
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Bolivian tuco-tuco (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Ctenomyidae Genus: Ctenomys Species: C. boliviensis Binomial name Ctenomys boliviensis Waterhouse, 1848...
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Phloeomys (category Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse)
Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Tribe: Phloeomyini Genus: Phloeomys Waterhouse, 1839 Type species Mus (Phloeomys) cumingi Species Phloeomys cumingi Phloeomys...
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