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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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    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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    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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    endangered. 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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    stilt. The genus Charadrius was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) as...
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    on the upper breast of the males. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Madagascar stonechat in his Ornithologie...
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    crows. The genus Nucifraga was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) as...
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    Cetacea (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Clade: Cetaceamorpha Infraorder: Cetacea Brisson, 1762 Subgroups †Pakicetidae †Ambulocetidae †Remingtonocetidae †Protocetidae...
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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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    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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    Cock-of-the-rock (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    seeds. The genus Rupicola was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) as...
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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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    or tropical moist montane forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the hook-billed vanga in his Ornithologie...
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    Pteropus (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    today. The genus name Pteropus was coined by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1762. Prior to 1998, genus authority was sometimes given to...
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    Manucodiata that had been used in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for a group of birds-of-paradise. The word is derived from the...
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    Pica (genus) (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Eurasian crows. 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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    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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    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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    Turnstone (category Taxa named by Mathurin Jacques Brisson)
    Calidriini. The genus Arenaria was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) as the type...
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    crane family. The genus Grus was 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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    in the world. The genus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the vervain hummingbird as the type species. The name...
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  • history Jean-Serge Brisson (born 1954), Canadian politician Louis Brisson (1817–1908), French cleric later sainted Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806), French...
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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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    genus Pyrrhula that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson. The Latin word pyrrhula comes from the Greek πυρρός (a flame-coloured...
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    trees or bushes, laying 3-5 eggs. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the grey-capped greenfinch in his Ornithologie...
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    predation, to eggs, nestlings and adults. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rose-breasted grosbeak in his Ornithologie...
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    is commonly known as the sal-ing. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the coleto in his Ornithologie based...
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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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    and heavily degraded former forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the purple-throated euphonia in his Ornithologie...
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    and heavily degraded former forest. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red-rumped cacique in his Ornithologie...
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