Rudolf Grauer

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. 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, Rhinotyphlops graueri
• Rwanda five-toed skink, Leptosiaphos graueri

Amphibians:[5]

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

Fish:[6]

• Bathybates graueri

References

1. Biography in German @ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
2. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
3. biographical information @ Austria-Forum
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. JHU Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7.
5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 July 2018). "Order CICHLIFORMES: Family CICHLIDAE: Subfamily PSEUDOCRENILABRINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 November 2018.