Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber

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Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (Weißensee, Thuringia, 1739 — Erlangen, 1810) was a German naturalist.

In 1774 Schreber began writing a multi-volume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carolus Linnaeus. From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

He also wrote on entomology notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm. Schreber is often prefixed I.C.D.

[edit] Works

  • Beschreibung der Gräser (1.1769 - 3.1810)
  • Lithographia Halensis (1758)
  • Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm (1759)
  • Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1.1774 - 64.1804)
  • Theses medicae (1761)

[edit] Gallery

Plates from Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1774-1804.

Mustela sibirica

Eulemur mongoz

Viverra zibetha

Herpestes ichneumon

Galictis vittata

Martes zibellina

Didelphis marsupialis

Thylogale brunii

Setifer setosus

Hemiechinus auritus

Vormela peregusna

Caluromys philander

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The standard author abbreviation Schreb. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]