François-Romain Thollon

François-Romain Thollon (born 1855 ; died 1896 ) was a French botanist and animal collector who was active in what is now the Congo and Gabon , among other places . In 1884 he was a participant in the mission of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza in West Africa.

Thollon was deputy head of the botany section at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris . He left Paris and went to the Congo and Gabon and collected plants and animals there. He sent many of his plants to the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. He himself remained in the Congo until the end of his life.

Thollon became known, among other things, for his fish collection and as the namesake of several animal species such as the Thollon colobus monkey ( Piliocolobus tholloni ), the Congo taster ( Myrmecocichla tholloni ), the cichlid Coptodon tholloni and the African tetra Brycinus tholloni . In addition, the shield tick species Amblyomma tholloni was named after him, which can transmit the causative agent of water-borne heart disease in cattle, Ehrlichia ruminantium .

supporting documents

1. ^ ^{A b} "Thollon." In: Bo Beolens, Michael Grayson, Michael Watkins: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; Pp. 409-410; ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .
2. ^ Thollon, François-Romain (1855-1896) in the JSTOR Global Plants database.

literature

• "Thollon." In: Bo Beolens, Michael Grayson, Michael Watkins: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; Pp. 409-410; ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .