Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety...
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University of Bamberg (redirect from Johann Baptist von Spix Professorship)
Japanese Sophia University. The University of Bamberg created the Johann Baptist von Spix professorship in 2015. The professorship is named for an alumnus...
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Pernambuco, Brazil in 1638 and it is named for German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix, who collected a specimen in 1819 on the bank of the Rio São Francisco...
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Johann Georg Wagler (28 March 1800 – 23 August 1832) was a German herpetologist and ornithologist. Wagler was assistant to Johann Baptist von Spix, and...
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continued to devote himself to botanical study, and in 1817 he and Johann Baptist von Spix were sent to Brazil by Maximilian I Joseph, the king of Bavaria...
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wing-patterns. The genus was introduced in 1825 by the German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix. The name is from Latin columbinus meaning "of a dove" or "dove-like"...
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outlined on the museum's home page together with a biography of Johann Baptist von Spix the first curator of zoology. Museum Witt Museum Witt Munich (MWM)...
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Valenciennes, based on notes & illustrations of the specimen made by Johann Baptist von Spix and Louis Agassiz in 1829. The holotype skeleton was kept at the...
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named after Johann Baptist von Spix, the institution's founder and first curator, and is granted sporadically since the 200th birthday of von Spix, 1981. 2013...
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naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix (1782-1826). Four subspecies of Spix's guan are recognized, "Grant's" guan (P. j. granti) and the "Spix's guan" group...
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