Johann Baptist von Spix (1781-1826)

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Name (English)
Johann Baptist von Spix
Short name
Johann Baptist von Spix
Year of birth
1781
Year of death
1826
Short Description
Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today´s National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous examples of his ethnographic collections, such as dance masks and the like, are now part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Munich.
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    Maskentangare (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)

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    Image: Phyllodrom – Regenwaldmuseum Leipzig - CC BY-NC-ND

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