Theodor Haltorth

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Theodor Haltorth (born May 18, 1910 in Kassel -Bettenhausen; † January 30, 1981 ) was a German zoologist .

Life

Theodor Haltorth was born in Kassel-Bettenhausen as the second son of the factory owner Paul Haltorth and his wife Johanna Haltorth (née Gravenhorst). In 1953, in his function as senior curator and head of the mammal department of the zoological collection of the Bavarian State in Munich, he founded the journal mammal-related messages of the working group for mammal research. Haltorth's main focus was primarily on wildcat research. In 1953 he wrote the first scientific description of the Cretan wildcat ( Felis silvestris cretensis ). In 1971 he encouraged Reinhold Rau to join the Quagga project, a program to breed back quaggas in the Cape Province.

Haltorth also became known as the author and co-author of several popular science books on animals. For example, it was 1969 at the Encyclopedia Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia of Bernhard Grzimek involved (1909-1987) and wrote the chapter on the family of deer (Cervidae). Furthermore, he was co-author of the zoological texts for Eugen Schuhmacher's works The Last Paradises (1966) and Europe's Paradises (1972).

Works

  • Animals of our homeland. In: World Empire of the Animals. Tomus, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-920954-04-1 .
  • Our wildlife in color. Observer, Glattbrugg 1980.
  • Mammals as well as amphibians and reptiles. (= BLV nature guide. 12). BLV, Munich / Vienna / Zurich 1978–82, ISBN 3-405-11972-3 .
  • The animal. The tribes of the animal kingdom. Wiesbaden 1977.
  • Mammals of Africa and Madagascar. (= BLV regulation book. Volume 19). BLV, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-405-11392-X .
  • Mammals. (= The animal kingdom. Volume 7). de Gruyter, Berlin 1969.
  • Classification of mammals. (= Handbook of Zoology. Volume 8). de Gruyter, Berlin 1958–63.
  • Pedigree dogs - wild dogs. (= Winter's scientific paperbacks. Volume 28). Winter, Heidelberg 1958.
  • The wild cat. (= Die Neue Brehm-Buecherei. Volume 189). Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1957.
  • The big game on earth and its trophies. Bonn 1956.
  • The wildcats of the old world. Geest & Portig, Leipzig 1953 (book cover and table of contents) .
  • Mammalian communications. Munich period. from 1953. ISSN  0036-2344
  • The relationship of the big cats to one another. Berger, Lucka 1937.

literature

  • On the 60th birthday of senior curator Dr. Theodor Haltorth. In: Journal of Pest Science. Volume 43, Number 8, August 1970.

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personal data
SURNAME Haltorth, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Kassel -Bettenhausen
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1981