Bonaparte - taxonomic author

["michael norris" <>]

Thanks to John McAllister for that info. about Bonaparte the ornithogist.

But, from a bit of googling, he also made a vast collection of fish 
specimens the Australian Emydura freshwater tortoise genus, including the 
Murray River Tortoise etc., was "erected" by him.
I suppose he was working with the Natural History Museum in Paris where 
Dumeril and Bibron were busy classifying Australian fauna, notably frogs!
Michael Norris

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