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). 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.
Eponymy
Birds:
- Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena graueri
- Grauer's cuckooshrike, Coracina graueri
- Grauer's swamp warbler, Bradypterus graueri
- Grauer's warbler, Graueria vittata
Mammals:
- Grauer's large-headed shrew, Paracrocidura graueri
- Eastern lowland gorilla, Gorilla beringei graueri
Reptiles:
- Grauer's blind snake, Letheobia graueri
- Rwanda five-toed skink, Leptosiaphos graueri
Amphibians:
- Grauer's puddle frog (Rugege river frog), Phrynobatrachus graueri
Fishes:
References
- Biography in German @ Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950
- ^ The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopins University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4214-0227-7.
- biographical information @ Austria-Forum
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (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.