Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Rüppell, also spelled Rueppell (20 November 1794 – 10 December 1884) was a German naturalist and explorer, best known for his...
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Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli), also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large bird of prey, mainly native to the Sahel...
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German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. The sister species of Rüppell's fox is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). For mitochondrial DNA, Rüppell's fox is nested inside...
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Afrotropics. The species is named after the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884). It is found from Sudan to Somalia and extreme northern...
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Blackchin tilapia (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
(Thys van den Audenaerde, 1971) Liberia and Sierra Leone S.m. melanotheron Rüppell, 1852 Côte d'Ivoire to southern Cameroon. The blackchin tilapia is harvested...
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Bluespotted cornetfish (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
record Fistularia petimba (Lacepède, 1803) and Fistularia commersonii (Rüppell, 1838) (Piscès: Fistulariidae) from the Egyptian Mediterranean waters (West...
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the specific ruppeli commemorate the German zoologist and explorer Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884). BirdLife International (2019). "Curruca ruppeli". IUCN...
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Great hammerhead (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
was first described as Zygaena mokarran in 1837 by German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. The species name is the common name in Arabic مقرن and means "horned"...
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rivers. The name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell. Rüppell's parrot is 22–25 cm (9 in) long and weighs 121–156 g. It has an...
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Silvertip shark (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
originally described as Carcharias albimarginatus by German naturalist Eduard Rüppell, in the 1837 Fische des Rothen Meeres (Fishes of the Red Sea). The name...
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Redtoothed triggerfish (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
Class: Actinopterygii Order: Tetraodontiformes Family: Balistidae Genus: Odonus Gistel, 1848 Species: O. niger Binomial name Odonus niger Rüppell, 1836...
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Dusky spinefoot (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
1829 as Amphacanthus luridus by the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell with the type locality given as the Red Sea. The specific name luridus...
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Mesay, allegedly a descendant of a younger son of Emperor Fasilides. Eduard Rüppell, who visited the capital of Gondar in 1833, stated that at the time...
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founding members of the society was Eduard Rüppell, and the two men collaborated in publishing the results of Rüppell's explorations in Africa. The Atlas...
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Bare-faced go-away-bird (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
bare-faced go-away-bird was described in 1842 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell based on a specimen collected in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). He coined the...
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Yellowmargin triggerfish (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
Binomial name Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) Synonyms Balistes flavimarginatus Rüppell, 1829 Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus (Rüppell, 1829)...
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A regnal list recorded by German explorer Eduard Rüppell in his book Reise in Abyssinien (1840). Rüppell dated the time period of the kings from Abreha...
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understood Arabic, but still spoke a language of their own. In the 1820s Eduard Rüppell briefly stated that the Ababda spoke their own, seemingly non-Arabic...
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squeaker or giant upside-down catfish. It was originally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1832 in the paper "Continuation of the description and figure of...
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Naked mole-rat (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
published in 2017). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9987A22184136.en Rüppell E (1845) [1842]. "Säugethiere aus der Ordnung der Nager, beobachtet im...
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The whitetip reef shark was first described by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell as Carcharias obesus, in the 1837 Fische des Rothen Meere (Fishes of...
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hdl:10962/d1018535. Smith, J.L.B. (1959). "The identity of Scarus gibbus Ruppell, 1828 and of other parrotfishes of the family Callyodontidae from the Red...
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Gesellschaft was developed at the Eschenheimer Turm. This is where Eduard Rüppell started his extended research expeditions to Africa. The Städelschule...
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Yellow-edged moray (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
19 November 2021. Bailly, Nicolas (2020). "Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 January 2021...
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Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell. The northern white-crowned shrike is a 19–23-cm long passerine. The...
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White-bellied go-away-bird (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
the family Musophagidae, commonly known as turacos. German naturalist Eduard Rüppell described this species in 1842. The white-bellied go-away-bird is placed...
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that was introduced for the species in 1836 by the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek gups meaning "vulture" with...
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Mantled guereza (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
to its lack of thumbs. The mantled guereza was first classified by Eduard Rüppell, a German naturalist and explorer, during his trip to Abyssinia between...
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Pelomedusa gehafie (category Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell)
Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Pleurodira Family: Pelomedusidae Genus: Pelomedusa Species: P. gehafie Binomial name Pelomedusa gehafie (Rüppell, 1835)...
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"Travelling Among Fellow Christians (1768–1833): James Bruce, Henry Salt and Eduard Rüppell in Abyssinia". Researchgate. Scientia Danica. Retrieved 18 May 2019...
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