The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

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69 Cabrera Cabrera’s Vole Microtus cabrerae Thomas, 1906 Cabrera’s Hutia Mesocapromys angelcabrerai Varona, 1979 Dr. Angel Cabrera Latorre (1879–1960)—his full name is hardly ever used, and the “Latorre” is mostly omitted—was one of the foremost Spanish-speaking zoologists of his era. He was born in Madrid, Spain, and graduated from the university there with a doctorate in 1900. He published his first article, “Observations on a Chimpanzee of White Haunches,” at the age of just 18—the first of over 200 articles produced during his lifetime. He worked at the Madrid Natural History Museum for 25 years, ending as Chief Curator of Mammals, and was a frequent correspondent with Oldfield Thomas. He participated in a number of expeditions to Morocco in 1913, 1919, 1921, and 1923, during the last of which he became firm friends with the English ornithologist Hubert Lynes. He published a series of books, starting with one on the mammals of the Iberian Peninsula and including another on the mammals of Morocco ; by the time he left Spain he had already published 17 books. In 1925 he was offered the post of Director of the Department of Paleontology of the National Museum of Argentina, a post that he occupied until 1947. He spent the rest of his life in Argentina. Up to 1954 he published at least 13 more books including, in 1940, with Jose Yepes, Mammals of South America , which remains a seminal work. With the same co-author he also wrote Catálogo de los mamíferos de América del Sur, published between 1957 and 1961. He undertook a number of expeditions collecting both live specimens and fossils in Patagonia and Catamarca, as well as around Buenos Aires. The vole is found in Spain and Portugal. The hutia is endemic to the small islands of the Cayos de Ana Maria, off south-central Cuba. Cadena Cadena’s Nectar Bat Lonchophylla cadenai Woodman and Timm, 2006 Cadena’s Tailless Bat Anoura cadenai Mantilla-Meluk and Baker, 2006 Dr. Augusto Alberto Cadena-Garcia is a distinguished Colombian zoologist who is the Curator of Mammals at the Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia in Bogota. In 2006 a prize named after him was established for the best zoology student in Colombia . The original description of the tailless bat includes the following words about him: “[He] has dedicated his life to the study of the Colombian mammalian fauna. Dr. Cadena has not only contributed to the knowledge of Colombian mammals but also has mentored several generations of Colombian mammalogists.” The tailless bat is known only from the Calima River basin in western Colombia. The nectar bat comes from western Colombia and northwest Ecuador. Cadorna Cadorna’s Pipistrelle Hypsugo cadornae Thomas, 1916 [Alt. Thomas’ Pipistrelle; formerly Pipistrellus cadornae] General Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928) was an Italian WW1 military leader. In 1908 he was offered the post of Chief of Staff but rejected it because of his antipathy to the political control exercised during wartime. However, it was offered again in July 1914, and he accepted. AlC 70 though Italy declared its intention to be neutral at the outbreak of WW1, Luigi Cadorna expected that Italy would enter the war and so began building up the army. He decided to concentrate his forces on the borders with AustriaHungary . After a series of losing engagements he had a famous victory in August 1916 at the Battle of Gorizia. We speculate that this might have prompted Thomas’ use of his name in the binomial that year. The original citation reads, “It is named in honour of General Count Luigi Cadorna, the Commander-in-Chief of our Italian Allies.” The bat is found in northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos. Calaby Calaby’s Pademelon Thylogale calabyi Flannery, 1980 [Alt. Alpine Wallaby] Calaby’s Pebble-mound Mouse Pseudomys calabyi Kitchener and Humphreys, 1987 Dr. John Henry Calaby (1922–1998) was recognized as one of Australia’s greatest biologists , known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Australian fauna and his willingness and enthusiasm for sharing it. He was a world-renowned mammalogist and natural historian. After graduating he worked in the WW2 munitions industry but in 1945 began his career in zoology. In 1950 he became the first Curator of Mammals for the Australian National Wildlife Collection, which is now located at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Discovery Centre in Canberra, where one of the buildings that houses it has been named after him. He...