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    René Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist. Lesson was born at Rochefort...
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    Anna's hummingbird (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    French naturalist René Lesson in his Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux-Mouches from a specimen that had been collected in California. Lesson placed it in the...
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    name of a genus Pitohui which was established by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. The unitalicized common name however refers to perching birds...
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    Marabou stork (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    marabou stork was formally described in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. He placed it in the stork genus Ciconia and coined the binomial name...
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    Lamprolepis smaragdina (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Lamprolepis Species: L. smaragdina Binomial name Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1830)...
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    Pesquet's parrot (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Family: Psittaculidae Subfamily: Psittrichasinae Genus: Psittrichas Lesson, 1831 Species: P. fulgidus Binomial name Psittrichas fulgidus (Lesson, 1830)...
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    Diphyllodes (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Diphyllodes is a genus of birds-of-paradise. Established by René-Primevère Lesson in 1834, it contains two species: the magnificent bird-of-paradise and...
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    Bartramia (bird) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Subfamily: Tringinae Genus: Bartramia Lesson, 1831 Species Bartramia longicauda †Bartramia umatilla...
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    Uakari (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Pitheciidae Subfamily: Pitheciinae Genus: Cacajao Lesson, 1840 Type species Simia melanocephalus Humboldt, 1812 Species Cacajao melanocephalus...
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    Lesson's motmot (Momotus lessonii) or the blue-diademed motmot, is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of southern Mexico to...
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    Pilot whale (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Subfamily: Globicephalinae Genus: Globicephala Lesson, 1828 Type species Delphinus globiceps Cuvier, 1812 Species Globicephala...
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  • Varanus douarrha (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Varanidae Genus: Varanus Species: V. douarrha Binomial name Varanus douarrha (Lesson, 1830)...
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    Aonyx (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    University Press. pp. 601–602. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. Lesson, Réné-Primeverre (1827). "XCIIe Genre. Aonyx, Aonyx". Manuel de mammalogie...
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    Tooth-billed tanager (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    desidiosa Bangs & Noble, 1918 (southwestern Colombia) Piranga lutea lutea (Lesson, 1834) (southwestern Colombia amd northwestern Bolivia) The tooth-billed...
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    Mitu (bird) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Cracidae Subfamily: Cracinae Genus: Mitu Lesson, 1831 Type species Ourax mitu Temminck ( = Crax mitu Linnaeus) Species M...
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    Currawong (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Backyards – Birds Behaving Badly – Pied Currawong (Site on pest status of pied currawong) "Strepera (Strepera) Lesson, 1830". Atlas of Living Australia....
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    Hopping mouse (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Tribe: Hydromyini Genus: Notomys Lesson, 1842 Type species Dipus mitchelli Species N. alexis †N. amplus N. aquilo...
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    Inca dove (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    dove. The species was first described by French surgeon and naturalist René Lesson in 1847. It reaches a length of 16.5–23 cm (6.5–9.1 in) and weighs 30–58 g...
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    species was moved to its own genus Gubernatrix by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1837. The genus name is the Latin word for "governess". Although traditionally...
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    Koklass pheasant (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    m. joretiana (Heude, 1883) Indian koklass pheasant - P. m. macrolopha (Lesson R.P., 1829) Meyer's koklass pheasant - P. m. meyeri (Madarász, 1886) Nepal...
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    Moho (genus) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    are known from Maui and known in literature as the Maui ʻōʻō, Moho sp.): Lesson, R. P. (1831). Traité d'Ornithologie. Vol. Livr. 4. Paris: Levrault (published...
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    Talegalla (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    a genus of bird in the family Megapodiidae. First described by René Primevère Lesson in 1828, it contains the following species: Red-billed brushturkey...
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    Palawan peacock-pheasant (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    display behaviour. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 73(2): 187–198. HTML abstract Lesson, René-Primevère (1831): Traite d'Ornithologie 7:487; 8: 650. Temminck, Coenraad...
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    Mugger crocodile (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    accidents. Crocodilus palustris was the scientific name proposed by René Lesson in 1831 who described the type specimen from the Gangetic plains. In...
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    Brown mouse lemur (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    author of this species, but he neglected to assign it a specific epithet. René Lesson would later give the animal a proper taxonomic name as Microcebus rufus...
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    Nuthatch (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    its English name. The nuthatch family, Sittidae, was described by René-Primevère Lesson in 1828. Sometimes the wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria), which is...
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    Gymnogyps (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Class: Aves Order: Cathartiformes Family: Cathartidae Genus: Gymnogyps Lesson, 1842 Species Gymnogyps californianus †Gymnogyps varonai †Gymnogyps amplus...
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    Megapode (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Megapodiidae Lesson, 1831 Genera Eulipoa Megapodius Macrocephalon Leipoa Talegalla Aepypodius...
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    Common mudskipper (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    Genus: Periophthalmus Species: P. kalolo Binomial name Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 Synonyms Periophthalmus africanus Eggert, 1935 Periophthalmus koelreuteri...
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    Pitohui (genus) (category Taxa named by René Lesson)
    The genus Pitohui was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson. Lesson omitted to specify the type species but this was designated as the...
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