Rudolf Grauer Explained

Rudolf Grauer (20 August 1870, Hellbrunn, Salzburg  - 17 December 1927, Vienna) was an Austrian explorer and zoologist.

He conducted zoological investigations in British East Africa (present-day Uganda) in 1905, German East Africa in 1907, and in the Belgian Congo (1910 - 11).^{[1] [2]} In 1910 he was among the first Europeans to come in contact with the Mambuti. He died from actinomycosis, which he had contracted in Africa. His African collections are housed at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.^[3]

Eponymy

Birds:

• Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena graueri
• Grauer's cuckooshrike, Coracina graueri
• Grauer's swamp warbler, Bradypterus graueri
• Grauer's warbler, Graueria vittata

Mammals:^[2]

• Grauer's large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura graueri
• Eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri

Reptiles:^[4]

• Grauer's blind snake, Letheobia graueri
• Rwanda five-toed skink, Leptosiaphos graueri

Amphibians:^[5]

• Grauer's puddle frog (Rugege river frog), Phrynobatrachus graueri

Fishes:^[6]

• Bathybates graueri

Notes and References

1. http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_2/50.pdf Biography in German
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&dq=%22Rudolf+Grauer%22+1870&pg=PA164 The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals
3. http://austria-forum.org/af/AEIOU/Grauer,_Rudolf biographical information
4. Book: Beolens . Bo . species:Bo Beolens . Watkins . Michael . species:Michael Watkins . Grayson . Michael . The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . 2011 . Baltimore . Johns Hopins University Press . 978-1-4214-0227-7. 346.
5. Book: Beolens . Bo . Watkins . Michael . Grayson . Michael . The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians . 2013 . Exeter, England . Pelagic Publishing . 978-1-907807-42-8 . 83.
6. Web site: Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g) . 24 November 2018 . Scharpf, Christopher . species:Christopher Scharpf . Lazara, Kenneth J. . species:Kenneth J. Lazara . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 July 2018.