Léon Vaillant
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology
Herpetology
Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and reptiles...
, malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
, and ichthyology
Ichthyology
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish...
. He was a professor at the Museum of Natural History
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
in Paris and took part in French naval expeditions on the Travailleur in 1880, 1881 and 1882 and on the Talisman in 1883.
External links
- Taxonomic Namesakes
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr00-17340
- http://viaf.org/viaf/30319977/#Vaillant,_L%C3%A9on,_1834-1914