Francis Petter

Francis Petter (* 28 July 1923, Paris – † 21 January 2012, Paris), French zoologist.

• Laboratorie d'Zoologie, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Taxon names authored

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• 11 taxon names authored by Francis Petter

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

Eponyms

• Taterillus petteri Gautun, Tranier & Sicard, 1985
• Eliurus petteri Carleton, 1994
• Praomys petteri Van der Straeten et al., 2002
• Macrotarsomys petteri Goodman & Soarimalala, 2005

References

• Denys, C. 2012. In memoriam Francis Petter (28 July 1923–21 January 2012). Mammalia 76(2): 117–122. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2012-0024