René Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist. Lesson was born at Rochefort...
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Pesquet's parrot (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Family: Psittaculidae Subfamily: Psittrichasinae Genus: Psittrichas Lesson, 1831 Species: P. fulgidus Binomial name Psittrichas fulgidus (Lesson, 1830)...
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Brown mouse lemur (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
author of this species, but he neglected to assign it a specific epithet. René Lesson would later give the animal a proper taxonomic name as Microcebus rufus...
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Marabou stork (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
marabou stork was formally described in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. He placed it in the stork genus Ciconia and coined the binomial name...
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name of a genus Pitohui which was established by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. The unitalicized common name however refers to perching birds...
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Hopping mouse (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Tribe: Hydromyini Genus: Notomys Lesson, 1842 Type species Dipus mitchelli Species N. alexis †N. amplus N. aquilo...
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Uakari (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Pitheciinae Genus: Cacajao Lesson, 1840 Type species Simia melanocephalus Humboldt, 1812 Species Cacajao melanocephalus...
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Mino (bird) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Sturnidae Genus: Mino Lesson, 1827 Type species Mino dumontii Lesson, 1827 Species M. dumontii M. anais M. kreffti...
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Pitohui (genus) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
The genus Pitohui was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. Lesson omitted to specify the type species but this was designated as the...
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Marie Clémence Lesson (March 2 1800 – August 4 1834) was an illustrator and the second wife of French ornithologist René Lesson, who she married in 1827...
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Lamprolepis smaragdina (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Lamprolepis Species: L. smaragdina Binomial name Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1830)...
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Bartramia (bird) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Subfamily: Tringinae Genus: Bartramia Lesson, 1831 Species Bartramia longicauda †Bartramia umatilla...
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Currawong (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Backyards – Birds Behaving Badly – Pied Currawong (Site on pest status of pied currawong) "Strepera (Strepera) Lesson, 1830". Atlas of Living Australia....
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Anna's hummingbird (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
French naturalist René Lesson in his Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches from a specimen that had been collected in California. Lesson placed it in the...
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Diphyllodes (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Diphyllodes is a genus of birds-of-paradise. Established by René-Primevère Lesson in 1834, it contains two species: the magnificent bird-of-paradise and...
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Common mudskipper (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Genus: Periophthalmus Species: P. kalolo Binomial name Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 Synonyms Periophthalmus africanus Eggert, 1935 Periophthalmus koelreuteri...
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Chondrohierax (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Accipitridae Subfamily: Perninae Genus: Chondrohierax Lesson, 1843 Type species Daedalion erythrofrons Lesson, 1843 Species C. uncinatus C. wilsonii...
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Gallirex (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae Genus: Gallirex Lesson, 1844 Type species Corythaix porphyreolopha Vigors, 1813...
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Leptoptilos (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
The genus Leptoptilos was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek leptos meaning "delicate"...
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Pygmy parrot (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Juveniles are duller. The genus was defined by French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831. The name Micropsitta is derived from the Greek mikros meaning...
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Varanus douarrha (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Varanidae Genus: Varanus Species: V. douarrha Binomial name Varanus douarrha (Lesson, 1830)...
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Pilot whale (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Subfamily: Globicephalinae Genus: Globicephala Lesson, 1828 Type species Delphinus globiceps Cuvier, 1812 Species Globicephala...
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Ground hornbill (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Bucorvus was introduced, originally as a subgenus, by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1830 with the Abyssinian ground hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus as the...
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Koklass pheasant (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
m. joretiana (Heude, 1883) Indian koklass pheasant - P. m. macrolopha (Lesson R.P., 1829) Meyer's koklass pheasant - P. m. meyeri (Madarász, 1886) Nepal...
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Mitu (bird) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae Subfamily: Cracinae Genus: Mitu Lesson, 1831 Type species Ourax mitu Temminck ( = Crax mitu Linnaeus) Species M...
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Eurylaimidae (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Eurylaimidae was introduced in 1831 (as Eurylaimes) by the French naturalist René Lesson. They were characterized by a simple syrinx with just a single pair of...
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Palawan peacock-pheasant (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
display behaviour. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 73(2): 187–198. HTML abstract Lesson, René-Primevère (1831): Traite d'Ornithologie 7:487; 8: 650. Temminck, Coenraad...
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Grey crow (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Species: C. tristis Binomial name Corvus tristis Lesson & Garnot, 1827 Distribution map...
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Mugger crocodile (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
accidents. Crocodilus palustris was the scientific name proposed by René Lesson in 1831 who described the type specimen from the Gangetic plains. In...
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Moho (genus) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
are known from Maui and known in literature as the Maui ʻōʻō, Moho sp.): Lesson, R. P. (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie. Vol. Livr. 4. Paris: Levrault (published...
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