Yves Rumpler (born 1938), is a

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and primatologist. He was a

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embryology Embryology (from Ancient Greek, Greek ἔμβρυον, ''embryon'', "the unborn, embryo"; and -λογία, ''-logy, -logia'') is the branch of animal biology that studies the Prenatal development (biology), prenatal development of gametes (sex ...

and

primatology Primatology is the scientific study of non-human primates. It is a diverse discipline at the boundary between mammalogy and anthropology, and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychol ...

at the

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until he retired in 2007.

Career

In 1959 Yves Rumpler was appointed assistant chief in the Institute of Embryology at the

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and until 1966 his research focused on traditional subjects studied at Strasbourg e.g.

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teratology Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development in organisms during their life span. It is a sub-discipline in medical genetics which focuses on the classification of congenital abnormalities in dysmorphology caused by ...

. From 1966 to 1976, Yves Rumpler was an associate lecturer in histology and embryology at the National School of Medicine,

Tananarive Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...

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(now part of the

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). He undertook studies on the systematic and chromosomal evolution of the

lemur Lemurs ( ; from Latin ) are Strepsirrhini, wet-nosed primates of the Superfamily (biology), superfamily Lemuroidea ( ), divided into 8 Family (biology), families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are Endemism, ...

s in Madagascar and is consequently recognized for his work in primatology. He then served as department head of the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Cytogenetics Laboratory, studying quantitative

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and

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at the

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of Strasbourg. From 1980 to 2007 Yves Rumpler taught at the Institute of Embryology in the

. He has received an

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from the

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Discoveries

Yves Rumpler took part in the description of new species of primates: *'' Hapalemur aureus'' Meier, Albignac, Peyrieras, Wright and Rumpler, described in 1987 *'' Tarsius dentatus'' Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described into 1991 in Sulawesi (Indonesia) *'' Tarsius dianae'' Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described in 1991 *'' Lepilemur aeeclis'' Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler,

Lepilemuridae The sportive lemurs are the medium-sized primates that make up the family Lepilemuridae. The family consists of only one extant genus, ''Lepilemur''. They are closely related to the other lemurs and exclusively live on the island of Madagascar. ...

lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006 *'' Lepilemur randrianasoli'' Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler, Lepilemuridae lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006 *'' Lepilemur sahamalaza'' Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler, Lepilemuridae lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006 With Elwyn L. Simons, he also created the

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name for the

true lemur True lemurs, also known as brown lemurs, are the lemurs in genus ''Eulemur''. They are medium-sized primates that live exclusively on Madagascar. The fur of the true lemurs is long and usually reddish brown. Often, sexual dimorphism in coloratio ...

s: ''

Eulemur True lemurs, also known as brown lemurs, are the lemurs in genus ''Eulemur''. They are medium-sized primates that live exclusively on Madagascar. The fur of the true lemurs is long and usually reddish brown. Often, sexual dimorphism in coloratio ...

'' (Simons & Rumpler 1988). This new genus joined together the species ''

Eulemur fulvus The common brown lemur (''Eulemur fulvus'') is a species of lemur in the family Lemuridae. It is found in Madagascar and has been introduced to Mayotte. Taxonomy Five additional currently recognized species of lemur were until 2001 considered s ...

'', '' E. mongoz'', '' E. macaco'', '' E. rubriventer'' and '' E. coronatus'' which were previously in the genus ''

Lemur Lemurs ( ; from Latin ) are Strepsirrhini, wet-nosed primates of the Superfamily (biology), superfamily Lemuroidea ( ), divided into 8 Family (biology), families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species. They are Endemism, ...

''.

Bibliography

Selected work from scientific magazines and the field of the primatology: *''Mammifères lémuriens (Primates, Prosimiens), Faunes de Madagascar'', fasc. 44, CNRS-ORSTOM, Paris, 1977, (by Jean-Jacques Petter, Roland Albignac and Yves Rumpler). *''Atlas d'embryologie clinique. Anatomie sectionnelle et imagerie de l'embryon et du fœtus'', De Boeck University, 1997, , (in collaboration with Yves Rumpler).

References

*''Les Sciences morphologiques médicales à Strasbourg du XVème au XXème siècle'', Jean-Marie Minor, University Presses of Strasbourg, 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumpler, Yves Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg 20th-century French zoologists French embryologists Primatologists 1938 births Living people