The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

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288 Nagtglas Nagtglas’ Dormouse Graphiurus nagtglasii Jentink, 1888 Colonel Cornelis Johannes Marius Nagtglas (1814–1897) was twice—from 1857 to 1862 and from 1869 to 1871—Governor of the Dutch settlement at Elmina on the coast of “Guinea” (now Ghana), which traded with the Ashanti in the interior of the Gold Coast (also now Ghana). The Dutch settlement was sold to Great Britain in 1871 and incorporated into the Gold Coast Colony. Nagtglas sent a number of natural history specimens to the museum at Leiden. The dormouse is found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Gabon and the Central African Republic. Until recently this species was known as Huet’s Dormouse Graphiurus hueti, which is an earlier name and would normally have priority. However, for various reasons—including the lack of a type specimen for Graphiurus hueti—many authorities now prefer to use G. nagtglasii as the valid name for this dormouse. See also Huet. Nancy Ma Nancy Ma’s Night Monkey Aotus nancymaae Hershkovitz, 1983 [Alt. Ma’s Owl Monkey, Nancy Ma’s Douroucouli] Dr. Nancy Shui-Fong Ma was Assistant Professor of Comparative Pathology at the New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School. She became involved in mapping genetics of nonhuman primates and worked principally on the genus Aotus (owl or night monkeys) in association with the SouthwestFoundationforBiomedicalResearch in San Antonio, Texas, during the 1970s and 1980s. The monkey is found in a small region of the Peru-Brazil border, mainly south of the Amazon. Nasarov Nasarov’s Pine Vole Microtus nasarovi Shidlovsky, 1938 [Alt. Nazarov’s Vole; Syn. Terricola nasarovi] Pavel Stepanovich Nazarov (or Nazaroff) (dates not found) was a Russian zoologist, naturalist, and geologist. He graduated from Moscow University but was living in Tashkent at the time of the Russian Revolution. A Tsarist, he fought against the Bolsheviks and fled from Stalin’s secret police, first into central Asia, where he lived among the Kazakhs, then to China and finally to the West. He had been accused of spying for the British government and had been sentenced to death in absentia. In 1886 he published an article on marmots called “Recherches zoologiques dans les steppes des Kirghizes .” He wrote at least two volumes of memoirs that appeared in English translations as Hunted through Central Asia (1930) and Moved On! From Kashgar to Kashmir (1935). He also wrote a book on the Saiga Antelope Saiga tatarica in 1932. The vole is found in the northeast Caucasus. It is sometimes regarded as being conspecific with the Caucasus Pine Vole Microtus daghestanicus. Nasolo Nasolo’s Shrew-Tenrec Microgale nasoloi Jenkins and Goodman, 1999 NasoloH.N.Rakotoarison(d.1996)wasaMalagasy zoologist who published extensively on lemurs. He was Curator of Mammals at the Botanical and Zoological Park of Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar. He was killed in a N 289 car accident. The shrew-tenrec is endemic to a small area of southwest Madagascar. Nathusius Nathusius’ Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii Keyserling and Blasius, 1839 Professor Hermann Engelhard von Nathusius (1809–1879) was a German zoologist and agriculturist . He studied in Berlin under Johannes Müller between 1827 and 1829. He became a civil servant and from 1869 was the senior adviser in the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture. He wrote a number of books on zoological and botanical subjects, most notably a book on pigs, Über die Rassen des Schweines (1860). The German Society for Animal Science awards the Hermann von Nathusius Medal, named in his honor. The bat is found from Western Europe , including Britain, east to the Urals and the Caucasus. Nation Andean Hairy Armadillo Chaetophractus nationi Thomas, 1894 Professor William Nation (1826–1907) started work at the age of 14 at Kew, where he received botanical training. He went to Peru as a collector in 1862 and stayed and taught in that country until 1880. Strangely, he was a Professor of languages, not of botany or any other scientific discipline. He was, like so many of his contemporaries , one of Charles Darwin’s correspondents . The armadillo is found in Bolivia. Natterer Natterer’s Bat Myotis nattereri Kuhl, 1817 Natterer’s Tuco-tuco Ctenomys nattereri Wagner, 1848 Dr. Johann Natterer (1787–1843) was an Austrian naturalist and collector. He studied botany , zoology, mineralogy, chemistry, and anatomy and was appointed as a taxidermist to what is now the Natural History Museum in Vienna. In 1817 he, Spix, and others took part in the expedition to Brazil that started on the occasion of Archduchess Leopoldina’s wedding to Dom...