Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species...
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Koel (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
introduced in 1827 by the English naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield. The name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "fine" with dunamis...
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Russian tortoise (redirect from Horsfield's Tortoise)
horsfieldii, and the common name "Horsfield's tortoise" are in honor of the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield. He worked in Java (1796) and for the...
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Asiatic linsang (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
cheek-teeth as in Felidae. Prionodon was denominated and first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1822, based on a linsang from Java. He had placed the linsang under...
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Singing bush lark (redirect from Horsfield's Bushlark)
American naturalist Thomas Horsfield. The singing bush lark was formally described in 1821 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield from a specimen collected...
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Blue-winged kookaburra (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
and was finally officially described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1826, its specific name commemorating British zoologist William...
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Fantail (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
Rhipidura was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield. The type species was subsequently designated as Muscicapa flabellifera...
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where it inhabits foremost primary forest. It was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1822. Several subspecies have been proposed based on variation in...
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Horsfield may refer to: Andy Horsfield, British music industry entrepreneur Arthur Horsfield (born 1946), English football striker Craigie Horsfield (born...
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Puffbird (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
propensity to sit motionless waiting for prey. American naturalist Thomas Horsfield defined the Bucconidae in 1821. The family was classified as part of...
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Retrieved 24 November 2018. "Horsfield claims maiden win on home soil". European Tour. 2 August 2020. "Sam Horsfield wins Celtic Classic for second...
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listed as the wandering whistling duck (D. arcuata), formerly named by Thomas Horsfield as Anas arcuata. Whistling duck taxonomy, including that of the entire...
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species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia. It was described by Thomas Horsfield in 1857. The butterfly occurs in India from Assam eastwards and across...
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found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829. Rachana jalindra jalindra (Java) Rachana jalindra indra (Moore...
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Phasianidae (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
grouped genera based on appearance and body plans. Subfamily Perdicinae Horsfield, 1821 Xenoperdix Dinesen et al., 1994 (forest partridges) Caloperdix Blyth...
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of tarsier in the genus Cephalopachus. Named by American naturalist Thomas Horsfield, it is also referred to as western tarsier. The species occurs on Borneo...
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Lesser adjutant (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
B.; Tennakoon, Parami (2015). "Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Horsfield, 1821 (Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) in the dry lowlands of Sri Lanka: distribution...
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previously misidentified as snow leopard skins. Felis uncioides proposed by Thomas Horsfield in 1855 was a snow leopard skin from Nepal in the collection of the...
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1821 was a specimen from Sumatra Viverra musanga, var. javanica by Thomas Horsfield in 1824 was a specimen from Java Paradoxurus pallasii by John Edward...
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Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor), also known as the whistling hawk-cuckoo is a species of cuckoo found in north-eastern India, Myanmar, southern...
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they are roughly 2.5 to 3 years of age. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield described the Australian raven in 1827, its species name coronoides...
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Oriental bay owl (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
recognized: Phodilus badius arixuthus Oberholser, 1932 Phodilus badius badius (Horsfield, 1821) Phodilus badius parvus Chasen, 1937 Phodilus badius saturatus Robinson...
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Double-barred finch (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
formally described in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield from specimens collected near Shoalwater Bay and Broad Sound in Queensland...
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Finlayson's squirrel (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
Callosciurus Species: C. finlaysonii Binomial name Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) Subspecies 16 subspecies: C. f. finlaysonii C. f. albivexilli C...
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that was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and Thomas Horsfield. The New Zealand fantail has sometimes been treated as conspecific...
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brought few economic benefits to Hove village itself, with the historian Thomas Horsfield describing it in 1835 as 'a mean and insignificant assemblage of huts'...
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Gwatkins who gave a specimen to Colonel W.H. Sykes and was described by Thomas Horsfield from the skin in the museum of the East India Company. Mudappa, D.;...
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Calliteara horsfieldii (redirect from Horsfield's tussock moth)
Edward Saunders in 1851, and named in honor of the British naturalist Thomas Horsfield, who traveled southern Asia and published works on zoology from the...
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Cheiromeles (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
Molossidae, the free-tailed bats. The genus was erected and described by Thomas Horsfield, who developed the name from the Greek word cheir ("hand"), a reference...
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Anthochaera (category Taxa named by Thomas Horsfield)
introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield. The name is derived from the Greek anthos meaning flower or bloom...
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