Guy Chester Shortridge
British zoologist
About Guy Chester Shortridge
Lived 1880 – 1949 (aged 68–69). Guy Chester Shortridge was a British zoologist, zoological collector, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Guy Chester Shortridge (1880–1949) was a South African mammalogist who undertook expeditions in his own state, in Java, Guatemala, Southern India, Burma and at the prompting of Oldfield Thomas travelled to Southwest Australia.
Legacy Guy Shortridge was commemorated in the naming of animals and new taxa, including a rodent species Mastomys shortridgei (Shortridge's multimammate mouse), a bat Miniopterus shortridgei, Shortridge's langur Trachypithecus shortridgei and those he described himself, such as the subspecies Papio ursinus ruacana Shortridge 1942, named as Shortridge's chacma baboon.
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Who was Guy Chester Shortridge?
British zoologist (1880–1949)
When was Guy Chester Shortridge born?
Guy Chester Shortridge was born in 1880 in Honiton.
When did Guy Chester Shortridge die?
Guy Chester Shortridge died on 12 January 1949 in Qonce.
What was Guy Chester Shortridge's occupation?
Guy Chester Shortridge was a zoologist, zoological collector, botanical collector and scientific collector.
What nationality was Guy Chester Shortridge?
Guy Chester Shortridge was British.
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