• William Ogilby (1805 – 1 September 1873) was an Irish-born zoologist who was at the forefront of classification and naming of animal species in the 1830s...
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  • punishment beating David Ogilby (disambiguation) John Ogilby (1600–1676), Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer William Ogilby (1805–1873), Irish...
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    from the vicinity of Constantine, Algeria. Felis servalina proposed by William Ogilby in 1839 was based on one serval skin from Sierra Leone with freckle-sized...
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    Variegated squirrel (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Genus: Sciurus Species: S. variegatoides Binomial name Sciurus variegatoides Ogilby, 1839 Subspecies List S. v. adolphei Lesson, 1842 S. v. atrirufus Harris...
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    Chaeropus (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    in the 1950s; it is now presumed extinct. The genus was proposed by William Ogilby in a presentation to the Linnean Society of London of a new species...
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    Kobus of the family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833. Its 13 subspecies are grouped under two varieties: the common...
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    Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been built around 1860 by William Ogilby. The castle is located near Donemana, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland...
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    Gabon. No subspecies are recognized. It is named after Irish zoologist William Ogilby. The two former subspecies, the white-legged duiker Cephalophus crusalbum...
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    "vulture" and geranos "crane" in 1811. In 1835 the Irish naturalist William Ogilby spoke at a meeting of the Zoological Society of London and proposed...
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  • by a fatal beating) at a kangaroo court. Ogilby had been having an affair with a married UDA commander, William Young, who prior to his internment, had...
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    Damaraland mole-rat (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Order: Rodentia Family: Bathyergidae Genus: Fukomys Species: F. damarensis Binomial name Fukomys damarensis (Ogilby, 1838) Synonyms Cryptomys damarensis...
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    "Mixed breed Dog and Wolf" from The Menageries: Quadrupeds Described and Drawn from Living Subjects by William Ogilby, 1829...
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    Southern pig-footed bandicoot (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
     ecaudatus Binomial name †Chaeropus ecaudatus (Ogilby, 1838) Subspecies †C. ecaudatus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838 †C. ecaudatus occidentalis Gould, 1845 Synonyms...
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    Northern white-cheeked gibbon (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840) Northern white-cheeked gibbon range (brown — extant, orange — probably extinct) Synonyms Hylobates leucogenys (Ogilby, 1840)...
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    John Ogilby, Ogelby, or Oglivie (17 November 1600 – 4 September 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario, publisher and cartographer. He was probably...
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    books published by William Camden (in 1586, reprinted 1693) and Richard Blome (in 1673) and John Ogilby (in 1675). Of the three, Ogilby's is probably best...
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    gave it the scientific name Antelope thar a few months later. When William Ogilby described the genus Capricornis in 1838, he determined the Himalayan...
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    Northern greater galago (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Suborder: Strepsirrhini Family: Galagidae Genus: Otolemur Species: O. garnettii Binomial name Otolemur garnettii (Ogilby, 1838) Northern greater galago range...
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    zoologist William Ogilby and his wife Adelaide, née Douglas. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin. Ogilby worked...
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    committee comprising Charles Darwin, John Stevens Henslow, Leonard Jenyns, William Ogilby, John O. Westwood, John Phillips, Ralph Richardson and Hugh Edwin Strickland...
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    Cuvier's gazelle (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Antilopinae Tribe: Antilopini Genus: Gazella Species: G. cuvieri Binomial name Gazella cuvieri (Ogilby, 1841)...
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    David William Mitchell (4 August 1813 – 1 November 1859) was an English zoologist and illustrator. Mitchell was born in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire...
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    Tragelaphus and family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1837. The generic name Tragelaphus is composed of two Greek words:...
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    mongoose specimen from the Cape. The generic name Cynictis was proposed by William Ogilby in 1833 for a specimen collected in Kaffraria. Cynictis penicillata...
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    gave it the scientific name Antelope thar a few months later. When William Ogilby described the genus Capricornis in 1838, he determined the Himalayan...
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    Tantalus monkey (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Chlorocebus Species: C. tantalus Binomial name Chlorocebus tantalus (Ogilby, 1841) Geographic range map...
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    Edward Turner Bennett (1833–1836) William Yarrell (1836–1838) John Barlow (1838–1840) William Ogilby (1840–1847) David William Mitchell (1847–1859) Philip Lutley...
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    Short-eared possum (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Order: Diprotodontia Family: Phalangeridae Genus: Trichosurus Species: T. caninus Binomial name Trichosurus caninus (Ogilby, 1836) Short-eared possum range...
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    Booted macaque (category Taxa named by William Ogilby)
    Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Macaca Species: M. ochreata Binomial name Macaca ochreata (Ogilby, 1841) Booted macaque range...
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    William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for...
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