Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (25 April 1725 – 5 January 1776) was a German zoologist. Statius Müller was born in Esens, and was a professor of natural science at Erlangen. Between 1773 and 1776, he published a German translation of Linnaeus's '' Natursystem''. The supplement in 1776 contained the first

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for a number of species, including the dugong, guanaco,

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, and the enigmatic hoatzin. He was also an

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. Müller died in Erlangen. He is not to be confused with

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(1804–1864), also an ornithologist, or with Otto Friedrich Müller.

Works

*Statius Müller, P. L. 1776. ''Des Ritters Carl von Linné Königlich Schwedischen Leibarztes &c. &c. vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Mit einer ausführlichen Erklärung. Nebst drey Kupfertafeln''.Nürnberg. (Raspe).

References

*Anonym 1776: uller, P. L. S. ''Besch. Berlin. Ges. Naturf. Fr''. 2 584-592 *Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 ''Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum'' (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers. German entomologists German ornithologists 1725 births 1776 deaths German taxonomists People from Erlangen 18th-century German zoologists 18th-century German male writers {{entomologist-stub