Carlo von Erlanger (5 September 1872 – 4 September 1904) was a German

ornithologist Ornithology, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (''órnis''), meaning "bird", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is a branch of zoology dedicated to the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related discip ...

and explorer born in

Ingelheim am Rhein Ingelheim (), officially Ingelheim am Rhein (), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. The town sprawls along the Rhine's left bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat since 1996. From the la ...

. He was a cousin to

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

Rodolphe d'Erlanger Baron Rodolphe d'Erlanger (7 June 1872 – 29 October 1932) was a French painter and musicologist, specializing in Tunisian music and more broadly North African as well as Arabic music. Life and artistic career Rodolphe François Baron d'Erla ...

, and a member of the

Erlanger family Erlanger may refer to: * Erlanger (surname), a German surname * Erlanger, Kentucky, a city in the United States * Erlanger (crater), a lunar impact crater See also * Erlanger program, a mathematical research program proposed by Felix Klein in 1872 ...

. He studied ornithology at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

, and performed wildlife studies in the

Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...

n desert from 1893 to 1897. On his return to Europe he continued his studies at

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north of London. As of the 2021 Unit ...

and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. In 1900 and 1901, with

Oscar Rudolph Neumann Oscar Rudolph Neumann (3 September 1867 in Berlin – 17 May 1946 in Chicago) was a German ornithologist and naturalist who explored and collected specimens in Africa. He fled via Cuba and settled in the United States to escape Nazi persecutio ...

, he went to East Africa (what is now Ethiopia and Somalia) and investigated and collected many thousands of insect and avian specimens. Erlanger died in an automobile accident in

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

on 4 September 1904, one day shy of his 32nd birthday. Grab-Carlo-von-Erlanger

Erlanger is credited with naming 17 new ornithological

taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...

, and has several zoological species named after him, such as: *

Erlanger's lark Erlanger's lark (''Calandrella blanfordi erlangeri'') is a small passerine bird of the lark family endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, count ...

, ''Calandrella erlangeri'' () *''

Ptychadena erlangeri ''Ptychadena erlangeri'' is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is endemic to Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatene ...

'' (), an Ethiopian frog *'' Bofa erlangeri'' , an Ethiopian snake *

Erlanger’s gazelle The Arabian gazelle ''(Gazella arabica)'' is a species of gazelle from the Arabian Peninsula. There are approximately 5,000 – 7,000 mature individuals in the wild.IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 2017. ''Gazella arabica''. ''The IUCN Red List ...

, ''Gazella erlangeri'' () His name is also associated with the subspecies ''

Madoqua saltiana Salt's dik-dik (''Madoqua saltiana'') is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan. It is named after Henry Salt, who was the first European to ack ...

erlangeri'' Neumann, 1905.

Written works

*''Eine ornithologische Forschungsreise durch Tunesien'' (1898) *''Meine Reise durch Sud-Schoa, Galla und die Somal-Lander'' (1902) *''Forschungsreise durch Sud-Schoa, Galla und die Somali-lander. Beitrage zur Vogelfauna Nordostafrikas, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Zoogeographie'' (1904)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erlanger, Carlo von 1872 births 1904 deaths People from Ingelheim am Rhein People from Rhenish Hesse German ornithologists 20th-century German explorers German people of Jewish descent

Carlo Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

Expatriates from the German Empire Expatriates in Switzerland Expatriates in Tunisia