Edgardo Mondolfi

Edgardo Mondolfi Otero (15 May 1918 - 7 November 1999) was a Venezuelan biologist and ecologist specializing in mammalogy.

Career Mondolfi was a professor of zoology at the Central University of Venezuela, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, and Deputy Minister of Agriculture.

He authored numerous books and scientific articles, including a monograph on the jaguar together with Rafael Hoogesteijn.

For his environmental work, he received the National Conservation Award of Venezuela in 1969.

Species and subspecies described Mondolfi was the first describer of several mammal species and subspecies, the following of which are considered valid: Sylvilagus brasiliensis caracasensis Mondolfi & Méndez Aroche, 1957 Ichthyomys pittieri Handley & Mondolfi, 1963 Dasypus sabanicola Mondolfi, 1968 Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984 Sciurus granatensis llanensis Mondolfi & Boher, 1984

Abbreviation The abbreviation Mondolfi is used to indicate this author as the authority for zoological description and nomenclature.