Auguste Duméril
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| Born | 30 November 1812 Paris |
| Died | 12 November 1870(aged 57) Paris |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | Catalogue méthodique de la collection des Reptiles |
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| Institutions | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle French Academy of Sciences |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Duméril |
Auguste Henri André Duméril(30 November 1812 – 12 November 1870) was a Frenchzoologist.His father,André Marie Constant Duméril(1774–1860), was also a zoologist. In 1869 he was elected as a member of theAcadémie des sciences.
Duméril studied at theUniversity of Paris,and in 1844 became an associate professor ofcomparative physiologyat the university. From 1857, he was a professor ofherpetologyandichthyologyat theMuséum National d'Histoire Naturellein Paris.
In 1851, with his father, he publishedCatalogue méthodique de la collection des Reptiles.[1]With zoologistMarie Firmin Bocourt(1819–1904), he collaborated on a project calledMission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale,a publication that was the result of Bocourt's scientific expedition toMexicoand Central America from 1864 to 1866. The section on reptiles is considered to be Dumeril's best written effort in the field ofherpetology.[2][3]Duméril died in 1870 during thesiege of Paris,andMission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centralewas continued by Bocourt,Léon Vaillant(1834–1914) and other scientists.
As part of theCollection des Suites à Buffon,he issued a two-volume ichthyological study titledHistoire naturelle des poissons,ou Ichtyologie générale(1865, 1870),[4][5]research that complemented the works ofGeorges Cuvier(1769–1832) andAchille Valenciennes(1794–1865) by describing species not covered by the two famousnaturalists.Duméril also conducted significant research involving theaxolotl(Ambystoma mexicanum).[6]
Tribute[edit]
Saurogobio dumeriliBleeker1871was named in honor of Duméril, who invitedBleekerto examine Chinese cyprinids in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle’s collection.[7]
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- "Parts of this article are based on a translation of an equivalent article at theFrench Wikipedia".
- ^[1]New Zealand Journal of Zoology Aug 1977
- ^World Cat (Book 1870)Etudes sur les reptiles et les batraciens
- ^Softcover, Antiquariaat JunkMission scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale. Recherches zoologiques. Troisième partie, 1re section:.Études sur les reptiles et les batracians
- ^Archive,orgHistoire naturelle des poissons, ou, Ichthyologie générale (1865)
- ^Biodiversity Heritage LibraryHistoire naturelle des poissons
- ^Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of Amphibians and Reptilesby Hans-Peter Schultze, Rodrigo Pellegrini
- ^Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018)."Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE".The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database.Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived fromthe originalon 29 September 2019.Retrieved5 March2021.
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