Paul Du Chaillu
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Paul Belloni Du Chaillu was a French-American traveler, zoologist, and anthropologist. He became famous in the 1860s as the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and lat
Paul Du Chaillu
Drawing of Du Chaillu at close quarters with a gorilla
The gravesite of Paul DuChaillu in Woodlawn Cemetery
Giant otter shrew
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The giant otter shrew is a semiaquatic, carnivorous afrotherian mammal. It is found in the main rainforest block of central Africa from Nigeria to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and
Paul Du Chaillu
…work on gorillas, Du Chaillu collected and identified a number of new species to science. He was the first person to scientifically describe the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), taking precedence over John Edward Gray's description of the same animal as a mouse instead. He also collected the type specimens…
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Taxidermied giant otter shrew
Illustration of giant otter shrew hunting fish