For the English Nonconformist minister, topographer, and historian, see Thomas Walker Horsfield.
Not to be confused with John Horsefield.
Portrait by J. Erxleben
Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the East India Company Museum in London.[1][2]
^Bastin, John; Moore, D. T. (1982). "The geological researches of Dr Thomas Horsfield in Indonesia, 1801–1819". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical Series. 10 (3): 75–115. doi:10.5962/p.314515.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
ThomasHorsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species...
introduced in 1827 by the English naturalists Nicholas Vigors and ThomasHorsfield. The name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "fine" with dunamis...
horsfieldii, and the common name "Horsfield's tortoise" are in honor of the American naturalist ThomasHorsfield. He worked in Java (1796) and for the...
cheek-teeth as in Felidae. Prionodon was denominated and first described by ThomasHorsfield in 1822, based on a linsang from Java. He had placed the linsang under...
propensity to sit motionless waiting for prey. American naturalist ThomasHorsfield defined the Bucconidae in 1821. The family was classified as part of...
Rhipidura was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and ThomasHorsfield. The type species was subsequently designated as Muscicapa flabellifera...
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American naturalist ThomasHorsfield. The singing bush lark was formally described in 1821 by the American naturalist ThomasHorsfield from a specimen collected...
previously misidentified as snow leopard skins. Felis uncioides proposed by ThomasHorsfield in 1855 was a snow leopard skin from Nepal in the collection of the...
B.; Tennakoon, Parami (2015). "Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Horsfield, 1821 (Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae) in the dry lowlands of Sri Lanka: distribution...
listed as the wandering whistling duck (D. arcuata), formerly named by ThomasHorsfield as Anas arcuata. Whistling duck taxonomy, including that of the entire...
grouped genera based on appearance and body plans. Subfamily Perdicinae Horsfield, 1821 Xenoperdix Dinesen et al., 1994 (forest partridges) Caloperdix Blyth...
they are roughly 2.5 to 3 years of age. Nicholas Aylward Vigors and ThomasHorsfield described the Australian raven in 1827, its species name coronoides...
1821 was a specimen from Sumatra Viverra musanga, var. javanica by ThomasHorsfield in 1824 was a specimen from Java Paradoxurus pallasii by John Edward...
was the scientific name used in 1827 by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and ThomasHorsfield who described a reddish brown cat skin from Sumatra. Felis moormensis...
species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by ThomasHorsfield in 1828. It is found in Southeast Asia (Java, Borneo, Philippines,...
introduced in 1827 by the English naturalists Nicholas Vigors and ThomasHorsfield. The genus name Eudynamys combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "fine"...
subgenus Tinnunculus. They were first described by Nicholas Vigors and ThomasHorsfield in 1827. Further descriptions — regarded as synonyms for the species...
Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Timaliidae Genus: Pomatorhinus Horsfield, 1821 Type species Pomatorhinus montanus Horsfield, 1821 Species See text...
that was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Vigors and ThomasHorsfield. The New Zealand fantail has sometimes been treated as conspecific...
introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Aylward Vigors and ThomasHorsfield. The name is derived from the Greek anthos meaning flower or bloom...
Tytonidae Genus: Phodilus Species: P. badius Binomial name Phodilus badius (Horsfield, 1821) Subspecies P. b. badius (Southeast Asian bay owl) P. b. saturatus...
Raffles in 1821; he first described a sun bear from Sumatra. In 1825, ThomasHorsfield placed the species in a genus of its own, Helarctos, when describing...
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