The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

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457 Zaitsev Zaitsev’s White-toothed Shew Crocidura zaitsevi. Jenkins, Abramov, Rozhnov, and Makarova, 2007 Dr. Mikhail V. Zaitsev (1954–2005) worked at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, and was noted for his studies of the taxonomy of recent and fossil insectivores. With Anna Bannikova, Vladimir Lebedev, and Dmitri Kramerov as coauthors , he wrote “Phylogeny and Systematics of the Crocidura suaveolens Species Group: Corroboration and Controversy between Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Markers.” It was published in 2006, after his death. The shrew is known only from Ngoc Linh Mountain, in Vietnam. Zakaria Zakaria’s Gerbil Gerbillus zakariai Cockrum, Vaughn, and Vaughn, 1976 [Alt. Kerkennah Dipodil; Syn. Dipodillus zakariai] Zakaria Ben Mustapha was President both of the Research Department of the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture and of TAPNE (Tunisian Association for the Protection of Nature and Environment). The describers named this species in his honor as “only his continued sponsorship , interest and help made our studies of Tunisian mammals possible.” The gerbil is found on the Kerkennah Islands off the coast of Tunisia. Zammarano Zammarano’s White-throated Guenon Cercopithecus albogularis zammaranoi De Beaux, 1924 Lieutenant Colonel Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano (dates not found) was an Italian traveler and hunter who was involved with the Civic Museum of Milan. He wrote Azanagò non pianse (Azanagò Does Not Cry) in 1934 and Auhér mi sogno (Aughé Dreams about Me) in 1935, both of which were published in Milan. He also wrote books on big-game hunting in Somalia, such as Hic sunt leones. Un anno di esplorazione e di caccia in Somalia (Here Be Lions: A Year of Exploration and Hunting in Somalia), published in 1924. In 1924 de Beaux wrote an article entitled “Mammiferi della Somalia Italiana racconta del Maggiore Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano nel Museo Civico de Milano ” (Mammals of Italian Somalia Described by Major Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano of the Civic Museum of Milan). He appears to have spent much of the decade 1915–1925 in Africa, and a film he made on location of his time there still exists. Zammarano observed that Ethiopian lions were “more wary and cowardly” than those in other parts of Africa, with the result that hunting in Ethiopia was difficult— hardly surprising, as he had helped to significantly reduce their numbers. The guenon is found in southern Somalia. Zapadokanad Zapadokanad’s Bear Ursus arctos pervagor Merriam, 1914 This is a classic example of how a “personalized ” vernacular name can be born. Puzzled by mentions on certain websites of “Zapadokanad ’s Bear,” we eventually traced a Czech Z 458 website using the words “medved západokanadsk ý Ursus arctos pervagor”—and all became clear. Západokanadský means simply “western Canada.” Somebody somewhere in the Englishspeaking world must have misunderstood this and thought that Zapadokanad was a person, and thus was Zapadokanad’s Bear born. The type specimen of this bear was taken at Pemberton Lake in British Columbia. Like many taxa of Brown Bear described by Merriam, the validity of this subspecies is questionable. Zaphiro Zaphir’s Shrew Crocidura zaphiri Dollman, 1915 Philip Photious Constantine Zaphiro (1879– 1933) was employed by Macmillan as a collector during his Sudan expedition of 1903–1904. He was born in Constantinople (Istanbul) and educated in Cairo. He went to Ethiopia and worked there as a medical dispenser (one referencecallshima “charlatandoctor”)beforeworking from 1904 until 1911 for the British East Africa Protectorate on the Kenyan-Ethiopian border. Between 1909 and 1919 he was employed at the British Legation as interpreter for the minister, Wilfred Thesiger, whose son, also Wilfred, was a famous explorer and travel writer. Zaphiro became Vice Consul in 1915, and in 1921 he became Oriental Secretary, working at the British Embassy in Addis Ababa until his death. The shrew is found in southern Ethiopia and Kenya. Zarudny Zarudny’s Shrew Crocidura zarudnyi Ognev, 1928 Zarudny’s Jird Meriones zarudnyi Heptner, 1937 Nikolai Alekseyivich Zarudny, sometimes spelled Zarudnyi (1859–1919), was a Russian zoologist, traveler, and ornithologist. From 1879 to 1892 he was a teacher at the Military High School in Orenburg, during which time he undertook five expeditions through the Trans-Caspian region (now Turkmenistan). Then from 1892 until 1906 he was a teacher of natural history at the Pskov Military School and undertook a further four journeys through eastern , central, and western Persia (now Iran), for which he was awarded the Russian Geographical Society’s Przhevalski Medal. From 1906 he worked in Tashkent, continuing his exploration of middle Asia. During his...