Fernand Lataste
French zoologist (1847–1934) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French zoologist (1847–1934) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fernand Lataste (1847–1934) was a French zoologist and herpetologist born in Cadillac, Gironde.
From 1880 to 1884, he collected reptiles and amphibians in North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco), publishing "Les missions scientifiques de Fernand Lataste en Afrique noire et au Maghreb". In 1885, he released "Étude de la faune des vertébrés de Barbarie", a standard work on animals of North Africa.[1] Other publications by Lataste are:
In 1876 he was a founding member of the Société zoologique de France.[3]
Lataste was the taxonomic author of numerous genera and species, as an example, in 1880 he described the fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi ).
Lataste's work was recognized by multiple species named in his honor, including the following:
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