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    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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  • 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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