Yoshio Abe

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Yoshio Abe
阿部 余四男
Born	(1891-01-03)January 3, 1891 Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Died	April 22, 1960(1960-04-22) (aged 69)
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Known for	Dracoderes abei Abe's salamander Abe's Whiskered Bat Myotis abei

Yoshio Abe (Japanese: 阿部 余四男, Hepburn: Abe Yoshio, 3 January 1891 – 22 April 1960^[1]), from Yamagata Prefecture,^[1] was a professor of zoology at Hiroshima University of Arts and Science [ja] which was amalgamated into Hiroshima University by the enactment of National School Establishment Law and the above-mentioned Hiroshima University after the amalgamation.^[1]

Abe graduate from University of Tokyo^[1] and was the first Japanese scientist to study kinorhynchs, with one such animal, Dracoderes abei, being named after him.^[2] Also named after him was Abe's salamander and Abe's Whiskered Bat, Myotis abei Yoshikura 1944, as a tribute from one of his students.