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Anhinga rufa vulsini Bangs, 1918 OD v.61 (1917-1918) - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College - Biodiversity Heritage Library
Coracopsis vasa wulsini Bangs, 1929 OD Proc . New Eng . Zoöl . Club , 11 , 31 Oct. , 1929 , p . 50
So everthing fine. I just ask myself if vulsini shouldn't be renamed to wulsini according the Code.
Feel free to add any of relevance to him.
Turdus wulsini Riley, 1925 OD v.38 (1925) - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington - Biodiversity Heritage LibraryType. - Adult ♂ . M. C. Z. 77,550. Maevatanana, Madagascar, September 9, 1915. F. R. Wulsin.
Coracopsis vasa wulsini Bangs, 1929 OD Proc . New Eng . Zoöl . Club , 11 , 31 Oct. , 1929 , p . 50
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Chinese Blackbird Turdus wulsini Riley, 1925 NCR [Alt. Common Blackbird ssp.; JS Turdus merula mandarinus]
African Darter ssp. Anhinga rufa vulsini Bangs, 1918
Greater Vasa Parrot ssp. Coracopsis vasa wulsini Bangs, 1929 NCR [JS Coracopsis vasa drouhardi]
Professor Dr Frederick Roelker Wulsin (1891–1961) was an archaeologist, anthropologist, ornithologist and general naturalist. Harvard awarded his bachelor's degree(1913) and PhD (1929). He tutored in anthropology there (1926–1927) and undertook research at Boston University (1932–1941). He was at Tufts College in Massachusetts (1945), becoming Professor of Anthropology (1947–1957). He was in East Africa and Madagascar (1914-1915). In Asia (1921-1924) he led the National Geographic Society's Central China Expedition and collected reptiles and birds in Inner Mongolia, Kansu and Chihli. He was later in India (1924), Belgian Congo and French Equatorial Africa (1927–1928). Later, in Persia (1931), he carried out excavations at the archeological site of Tureng Tepe. His papers include 'Responses of man toa hot environment' (1943) and'Adaptations to climate among non European peoples' (1949). A mammal is named after him.
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Prof. Frederick Roelker Wulsin (1891-1961) US zoologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, explorer, collector in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Far East (subsp. Anhinga rufa).
Sure him Dr Frederick Roelker Wulsin (1891-1961) - Find a... or picture File:Frederick R Wulsin 1921 (22063914025) (cropped).jpg - Wikimedia CommonsProf. Frederick Roelker Wulsin (1891-1961) US anthropologist, archaeologist in East Africa 1914-1915 and Asia 1921-1924 (syn. Coracopsis vasa drouhardi, syn. Turdus merula mandarinus).
So everthing fine. I just ask myself if vulsini shouldn't be renamed to wulsini according the Code.
Feel free to add any of relevance to him.