John Edward Gray FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the...
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Ricardian economics John Gray (New Zealand politician) (1801–1859), member of the New Zealand Parliament John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician)...
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Sir John Edward Gray Hill (1839–1914) was an English solicitor specialised in maritime law. He was also known as an art collector and travel writer. He...
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younger brother of the zoologist John Edward Gray and the son of the botanist Samuel Frederick Gray. George Gray's most important publication was his...
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John Hamilton Gray may refer to two 19th-century Canadian politicians: John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician) (1811–1887), Premier of Prince...
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John Hamilton Gray (June 14, 1811 – August 13, 1887) was Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1863 – 1865 and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Gray...
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Opossum (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
Genus Tlacuatzin Balsas gray mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin balsasensis) Tehuantepec gray mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens) Yucatan gray mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin...
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Manidae (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
1821) (tree pangolin) Subfamily: Smutsiinae (Gray, 1873) (large African pangolins) Genus: Smutsia (Gray, 1865) (African ground pangolin) Smutsia gigantea...
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Viverridae (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
placed in 14 genera. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821. Viverrids occur all over Africa, southern Europe, and South...
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Phelsuma (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
genus Phelsuma was first described in 1825 by the British zoologist John Edward Gray, who named it after the Dutch physician Murk van Phelsum. The genus...
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Painted turtle (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
picta first by John Edward Gray in 1855. Four subspecies were then recognized: the eastern by Schneider in 1783, the western by Gray in 1831, and the...
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Bovina (subtribe) (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
banteng and cattle. Below is the Simpson (1945) taxonomy: Subtribe Bovina (Gray, 1821) Genus Bibos (Hodgson, 1837) Bibos javanicus (d’Alton, 1823) – Banteng...
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Hydrophis belcheri (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
than the dorsal scales. This species was first described and named by John Edward Gray in 1849. Hydrophis comes from Greek ὕδωρ, hydōr = water + ὄφις, ophis...
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Southern maned sloth (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
discovered by John Edward Gray in 1850, but his assertions were later dismissed, with taxonomists agreeing that the specimen, that Gray described was...
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Neofelis (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
fēlēs meaning 'cat'. The generic name Neofelis was first proposed by John Edward Gray in 1867 as comprising two species; Neofelis macrocelis occurring in...
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Australian bustard (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
scrubfowl. The species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1829, who assigned it the name Otis australis. Gray's specimen was obtained in New South Wales...
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Gray (10 December 1766 – 12 April 1828) was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and...
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Perentie (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
was used for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. British zoologist John Edward Gray described the perentie in 1845 as Hydrosaurus giganteus, calling it...
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Elephantidae (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
Elephas (Asian elephants), are living. The family was first described by John Edward Gray in 1821, and later assigned to taxonomic ranks within the order Proboscidea...
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American Society of Mammalogists has followed this classification. John Edward Gray placed it in its own genus in 1865, naming it in honour of physician...
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Asiatic wildcat (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
thought to be declining. Felis ornata was the scientific name used by John Edward Gray in the early 1830s as a caption to an illustration of an Indian wildcat...
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Lialis (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
The following two species are recognized as being valid. Lialis burtonis Gray, 1835 Lialis jicari Boulenger, 1903 Patchell F, Shine R (1986). "Feeding...
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Elgaria (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
390). Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman...
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Thorny devil (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
than males. The thorny devil was first described by the biologist John Edward Gray in 1841. While it is the only species contained in the genus Moloch...
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Mongolian wolf (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
region of Russia. Canis chanco was the scientific name proposed by John Edward Gray in 1863 who described a skin of a wolf that was shot in Chinese Tartary...
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Bandicota (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
bandicoot rat (B. indica) Bechstein, 1800 Lesser bandicoot rat (B. bengalensis) Gray and Hardwicke, 1833 Savile's bandicoot rat (B. savilei) Thomas, 1916 Wilson...
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Plesiosauridae (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
The Plesiosauridae are a monophyletic family of plesiosaurs named by John Edward Gray in 1825. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plesiosauridae. Wikispecies...
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Cheirogaleidae (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
authors list (link) Edward E. Louis; Melissa S. Coles; Rambinintsoa Andriantompohavana; Julie A. Sommer; Shannon E. Engberg; John R. Zaonarivelo; Mireya...
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Loris (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
Family Lorisidae Subfamily Perodicticinae Subfamily Lorinae Genus Loris Gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus Highland slender loris, L. lydekkerianus...
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Tree hyrax (category Taxa named by John Edward Gray)
2015-2.RLTS.T136599A21288090.en. Oates, John F.; Woodman, Neal; Gaubert, Philippe; Sargis, Eric J.; Wiafe, Edward D.; Lecompte, Emilie; Dowsett-Lemaire...
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