Victor Loche
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Victor Loche (1806 - 1863) was a French soldier and naturalist.
He was the author of Histoire naturelle des mammifères de l'Algérie (1867) and Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Algérie (1867). Loch first identified the sand cat (Felis margarita) while exploring the North Sahara.