Paul Matschie Paul Matschie (11 August 1861,

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– 7 March 1926, Friedenau) was a German

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. He studied

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and

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at the Universities of Halle and

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, afterwards working as an unpaid volunteer at the Berlin Zoological Museum under

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(1816–1906). In 1892, he was in charge of the department of

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at the museum, later becoming a

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(1895), and in 1902, attaining the title of professor. In 1924, he was appointed second director at the museum. During the years 1891–1893, he described 11 new species of

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s. A species of

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, '' Hemidactylus matschiei'' ( Tornier, 1901), is named in his honor. Matschie organized the fifth International Congress of Zoologists in Berlin and was for some years co-editor of the journal ''Natur und Haus''. Matschie's tree-kangaroo (''Dendrolagus matschiei'') and Matschie's galago (''Galago matschiei'') are two species of

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s which bear his name.

Selected writings

In German, except as noted: *''Die Säugthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas'', 1895. *''Säugethiere'', 1898. *''Die Megachiroptera des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde'', 1899. *''Die Fledermäuse des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde, etc.'', 1899. *''Die Säugetiere der von W. Kükenthal auf

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, Batjan und Nord-Celebes gemachten Ausbeute'' by Paul Matschie and W G Kükenthal, 1900. *''Le sanglier noir de l'

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'' " Hylochoerus ituriensis", 1906. (in French). *''Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces'' by Paul Matschie, et al. 1909.World Cat Identities
(publications)

Sources

The eponym dictionary of mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
(biographical information)

References

20th-century German zoologists German mammalogists 01 1861 births 1926 deaths German taxonomists Scientists active at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin People from Brandenburg an der Havel 19th-century German zoologists {{Germany-zoologist-stub