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Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (born in
Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (born in Sydney
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on 29 April 1893; died 30 November 1974) was an Australian zoologist and mammalogist.
Biography
Ellis Troughton began to exercise his interest in mammals at fourteen years of age, taking a role at the Australian Museum in 1908. He continued to be employed there as curator after returning from military service as a stretcher bearer in the European war during the years 1917 and 1918. He retired from the museum in 1958.Works
Troughton wrote ''Furred Animals of Australia
''Furred Animals of Australia'' is a general reference book, first published in 1931, that gives accounts of Australian mammals, the continent's often unique marsupial and placental mammal fauna. The text and research for the book was undertaken b ...
'' in 1941, with illustrations provided by Neville W. Cayley
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950) was an Australian writer, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide '' What Bird is That?''. In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural ...
; the publication date of the work was determined to be 1944. He was the first Honorary Life Member of The "Australian Mammal Society
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" and ''The Ellis Troughton Memorial Award'' is named for him.
Amongst Troughton early works is a significant contribution to the study of bats, and at 33 years of age he composed the text for the section regarding the poorly known Australian Chiroptera in the volume titled ''The Wild Animals of Australia''; Troughton's text was one of the few original contributions to A. S. Le Souef
Albert Sherbourne Le Souef (30 January 1877 – 31 March 1951) was an Australian zoologist.
Le Souef was the son of Albert Alexander Cochrane Le Souef (1828–1902) and Caroline Le Souef (1834–1915), daughter of ornithologist John Cotton. Two ...
and Henry Burrell's largely plagiarised work.
Troughton classified the New Guinea singing dog as a separate species ''Canis hallstromi''.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Troughton, Ellis Le Geyt 20th-century Australian zoologists Australian mammalogists 1893 births 1974 deaths