Coenraad Jacob Temminck
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Coenraad Jacob Temminck (March 31, 1778, Amsterdam - January 30, 1858, Lisse) was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.
Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (1815) was the standard work on European birds for many years. He inherited a large collection of bird specimens from his father, who was treasurer of the Dutch East India Company.
Temminck was also the author of Histoire naturelle générale des Pigeons et des Gallinacées (1813-1817), Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées d'Oiseaux (1820-1839), and contributed to the mammalian sections of Philipp Franz von Siebold's Fauna japonica (1844-1850).
[edit] Partial List of Works
- Las Posesiones holandesas en el Archipiélago de la India. Manila 1855.
- Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné ... le partie, les mammifères. Brill, Leiden 1853.
- Coup-d'oeil général sur les possessions néerlandaises dans l'Inde archipélagique. Arnz, Leiden 1846–49.
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux. Levrault, Paris 1838.
- Monographies de mammalogie. Dufour & d'Ocagne, Paris, Leiden 1827–41.
- Atlas des oiseaux d'Europe, pour servir de complément au Manuel d'ornithologie de M. Temminck. Belin, Paris 1826–42.
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon. Dufour & d'Ocagne, Paris 1821.
- Observations sur la classification méthodique des oiseaux et remarques sur l'analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. Dufour, Amsterdam, Paris 1817.
- Manuel d'ornithologie ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe. Sepps & Dufour, Amsterdam, Paris 1815–40.
- Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés. Sepps, Amsterdam 1808–15.
[edit] Animal species named after Temminck
A large number of animals were named for Temminck in the 19th century. Among those still in use are:
- Sharks and fishes:
- Broadfin shark Lamiopsis temminckii
- Kissing gourami Helostoma temminckii
- Goldribbon soapfish Aulacocephalus temminckii
- Ancistrus temminckii (a catfish)
- Ditrema temminckii (a surfperch)
- Samoan silverside Hypoatherina temminckii
- Dark chub Zacco temminckii (a carp)
- Threadfin wrasse Cirrhilabrus temminckii
- Reptiles:
- Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii
- Sphenomorphus temminckii (a skink)
- Birds:
- Temminck's Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Malaysian Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus temminckii
- Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii
- Temminck's Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus
- Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii
- Sulawesi Woodpecker Dendrocopos temminckii
- Temminck's Fruit-dove Ptilinopus porphyreus
- Cerulean Cuckoo-shrike Coracina temminckii
- Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii
- Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Temminck's Babbler Pellorneum pyrrhogenys
- Temminck's Seedeater Sporophila falcirostris
- Mammals:
- Temminck's Pangolin Manis temminckii
- Temminck's Mole Mogera wogura
- Temminck's Golden Cat Catopuma temminckii
- Dwarf Dog-faced Bat Molossops temminckii
- Temminck's flying fox Pteropus temminckii
- Temminck's tailless fruit bat Megaerops ecaudatus
- Temminck's Red Colobus Pilocolobus badius temminckii (subspecies
[edit] External links
- Fauna Japonica Online--Kyoto University Collection
