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  • adjective Mueller (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms having English names of the form "Mueller's ..."

Etymologies

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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Mueller, especially Ferdinand von Mueller.

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Examples

  • The herpetofauna includes black-necked spitting cobra Naja nigricollis, African puff adder Bitis arietans, west African sand boa Eryx muelleri, sand viper Cerastes cerastes, desert monitor lizard Varanus griseus and various species of gecko.

    Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserves, Niger 2008

  • Several characteristic species include leptodactylid Neobatrachus wilsmorei, hylid Cyclorani maini, gecko Diplodactylus squarrosus, skinks Egernia depressa, Lerista muelleri and Morethia butleri, and the monitors Varanus brevicauda, V. caudolineatus, V. eremius and V. giganteus.

    Shark Bay, Australia 2008

  • Other endemic taxa of land birds include the Auckland Islands Rail Lewinia muelleri (VU), the Antipodes Parakeet Cyanoramphus unicolor (VU), snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica (LR) on Campbell, Snares, Antipodes and Auckland Islands, tomtits (Petroica macrocephala) on Snares and Auckland Island, and the Banded Dotterel Charadrius bicinctus exilis.

    Subantarctic Islands, New Zealand 2008

  • There seems to be no special vertebrate fauna associated with limestone in this ecoregion, although banteng Bos javanicus, orangutan Pongo pygmaeus, Bornean gibbon Hylobates muelleri, sambar Cervus unicolor, muntjac Muntiacus muntjak, and mousedeer Tragulus spp. all use limestone outcroppings.

    Borneo lowland rain forests 2008

  • Here we report the completed genome from an uncultured single cell of Candidatus Sulcia muelleri DMIN.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Coturnix none@example.com 2010

  • Here we report the completed genome from an uncultured single cell of Candidatus Sulcia muelleri DMIN.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Coturnix none@example.com 2010

  • Here we report the completed genome from an uncultured single cell of Candidatus Sulcia muelleri DMIN.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Coturnix none@example.com 2010

  • Dark-winged trumpeters (Psophia viridis), eared doves (Zenaida auriculata), crimson topaz (Topaza pella), endemic scaled spinetails (Cranioleuca muelleri), and bare-eyed robins (Turdus nudigenis) are found here but are not common elsewhere.

    Gurupa varzea 2008

  • Family Species Tachyglossidae Zaglossus bruijni Dasyuridae Phascolosorex doriae Macropodidae Dendrolagus ursinus Macropodidae Thylogale brunii Macropodidae Dorcopsis muelleri Muridae Melomys lorentzi Muridae Pogonomelomys mayeri Muridae Pogonomelomys bruijni An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Vogelkop-Aru lowland rain forests 2008

  • Family Species Macropodidae Dendrolagus spadix Macropodidae Dorcopsis luctuosa Macropodidae Dorcopsis muelleri Pteropodidae Aproteles bulmerae Pteropodidae Nyctimene draconilla Emballonuridae Emballonura furax Rhinolophidae Hipposideros wollastoni Rhinolophidae Hipposideros muscinus Vespertilionidae Kerivoula muscina Molossidae Otomops papuensis Muridae Melomys lorentzi Muridae Melomys gracilis Muridae Pogonomelomys bruijni An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests 2008

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