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    Mathurin Jacques Brisson (French pronunciation: [matyʁɛ̃ ʒak bʁisɔ̃]; 30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher. Brisson...
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    Puffin (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    shearwaters. The genus Fratercula was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) as the type...
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  • 1692) 1779 – Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (born 1691) 1806 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (born 1723) 1811 – Nicolau Tolentino...
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  • Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795) 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (died 1806) 1758 – Emmanuel Vitale...
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    Harnett, American Continental Congressman (d. 1781) April 30 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806) June 3 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli...
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    Junglefowl (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    originates. The genus Gallus was erected by the French scientist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his Ornithologie published in 1760. The type species is the...
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    duelist (killed in a duel by Andrew Jackson) (b. 1780) June 23 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723) July 4 – Charles Henri Sanson, Royal...
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    Rhea (bird) (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    in English. The genus Rhea was introduced by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the greater rhea (Rhea americana) as the type species...
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    crows. The genus Nucifraga was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the northern nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)...
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    Booby (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    in Sula. The genus Sula was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The type species is the brown booby. The name is derived...
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    Skua (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    The genus Stercorarius was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) as...
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    Pteropus (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    'πούς' (poús), meaning "foot", was coined by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1762. Prior to 1998, genus authority was sometimes given to...
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    the crane family. The genus Grus erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane". The German...
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    Godwit (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    England". The genus Limosa was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) as the type...
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    South Africa. The genus Casuarius was erected by French scientist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his Ornithologie published in 1760. The type species is the...
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    Swamphen (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Pleistocene. The genus Porphyrio was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) as the...
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    Glareola (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Stiltia. The genus Glareola was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola) as the...
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    Carduelis (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Fringillidae. The genus Carduelis was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 by tautonomy based on Carl Linnaeus's specific epithet...
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    Cetacea (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Artiodactyla Suborder: Whippomorpha Clade: Cetaceamorpha Infraorder: Cetacea Brisson, 1762 Subgroups †Pakicetidae †Ambulocetidae †Remingtonocetidae †Protocetidae...
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    Pica (genus) (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    (Corvus). The genus Pica was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. He derived the name by tautonymy from the specific epithet...
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    Nature. The genus Icterus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Venezuelan troupial as the type species. The name...
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    magpie was moved to a separate genus Pica by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Pica is the Classical Latin word for this magpie. The...
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    binomial name Falco cærulescens In 1760 the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson also used Edwards' publication to describe le Faucon de Bengale...
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    Paca (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    of the United Nations. ISSN 0259-2452. Full text in Spanish. Brisson, Mathurin Jacques (1762). Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis...
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     canadensis, based on Turtur canadensis, as used by Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. Brisson's description was later shown to have been based on a female...
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    within that. The genus Numenius was erected by the French scientist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in his Ornithologie published in 1760. The type species is the...
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  • cartographer, astronomer and physicist (died 1762) April 30 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (died 1806) November 12 – Saverio Manetti, Italian...
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    genus Perdix that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. Eight subspecies are recognised by the IOC World Bird List, though...
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    prehistoric times. The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) as the type species...
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    prefer. The genus Gallinula was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) as the type...
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