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Ernst Haeckel

Ernst Haeckel

Ernesto Haeckel

1834–1919

naturalist · professor · foreign visitor

Main article Haeckel (Ernst) Ernst Haeckel was a German biologist who visited Madeira in 1866 and wrongly claimed that the Porto Santo rabbit was a species distinct from the European rabbit.

German biologist and professor at Jena who visited Madeira in 1866. He wrongly claimed that the Porto Santo rabbit was a species distinct from the European rabbit, naming it 'Lepus Huxleyi', which the Elucidário dismisses as fantasy.

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2Chronology

  1. Ernst Haeckel was born.

  2. The naturalist Ernst Haeckel visited Madeira, without studying the Porto Santo rabbit.

  3. The naturalist Ernst Haeckel, a visitor to Madeira, died.

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Map: Porto Santo (2)
  1. 1Porto Santo
  2. 2Jena

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