German entomologist and zoologist
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger
Born (1775-11-19 ) 19 November 1775Died 10 May 1813(1813-05-10) (aged 37) Nationality German Scientific career Fields Institutions Zoological Museum in Berlin
Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist .
Illiger was the son of a merchant in Braunschweig . He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig , and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg . Illiger was professor and director of the "zoological museum" (which is the Natural History Museum of Berlin in the present day) from its formation in 1810 until his death.[ 1] [ 2]
He was the author of Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium [ 3] (1811), which was an overhaul of the Linnaean system.[ 4] [ 5] It was a major influence on the adoption of the concept of the family . He also edited the Magazin für Insektenkunde ,[ 6] widely known as "Illiger's Magazine".[ 7]
In 1811 he introduced the taxonomic order Proboscidea for elephants , the American mastodon and the woolly mammoth .[ 8] He also described the subspecies Odobenus rosmarus divergens , commonly known as the Pacific walrus.[ 9] Illiger's macaw (Primolius maracana ; Vieillot , 1816 ) and Illiger's saddle-back tamarin (Leontocebus illigeri (Pucheran , 1845) ) commemorate his name.[ 10] The botanical genus Illigera (family Hernandiaceae ) also bears his name.[ 11]
^ ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM GEORGIA AND CAROLINA MADE ABOUT 1810 BY JOHN ABBOT The Auk, volume 70. April 1953
^ Illiger, Karl In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , S. 138 f.
^ Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm; Baird, Spencer Fullerton; Dwight, Jonathan; Giebel, C. (Christoph); Kellogg, Remington; Mathews, Gregory M. (Gregory Macalister); Möbius, Karl August; Richmond, Charles Wallace; Tucker, Marcia Brady; Wetmore, Alexander; R. Friedländer & Sohn, bookseller DSI (Sep 27, 1811). "Caroli Illigeri D. Acad. Reg. Scient. Berolinens. et Bavaricae Sod. Museo Zoologico Berolin. praefecti professoris extraord. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium : additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica" . Berolini: Sumptibus C. Salfeld. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Limonia - Massachusetts" . Sep 27, 1839. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ "Ray Society" . Ray Society. Sep 27, 1847. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Illiger, Johann Karl Wilhelm (Sep 27, 1802). "Magazin für insektenkunde" . Braunschweig: Karl Reichard. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020 – via Internet Archive.
^ Magazine of Natural History, Volume 8 edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson
^ Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6 by Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold, Jan Kalina
^ Odobenus rosmarus divergens WoRMS taxon details
^ The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals by Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson
^ Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan by Christophe Wiart