João Moojen

João Moojen de Oliveira (1 December 1904 – 31 March 1985), Brazilian mammalogist.

• Curator of Mammals at Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by João Moojen

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

Eponyms

• Moojenia Mello Leitão, 1935
• Scolopendra angulata moojeni Bücherl, 1941
• Moojenodesmus Schubart, 1944
• Bothriurus moojeni Mello Leitão, 1945
• Moojenichthys P.M.Ribeiro, 1956
• Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1965
• Trinomys moojeni Pessôa, Oliveira & Reis, 1992
• Oligoryzomys moojeni Weksler & Bonvicino, 2005

References

• Nomura, H. 1993. João Moojen de Oliveira (1904-1985). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 10(3): 553–558. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81751993000300024
• Avila-Pires, F.D. 2005. João Moojen (1904-1985). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63(1): 7–12.