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Theodore Edward (Theodor Edvard) Cantor (1809–1860) was a Danish physician, zoologist and botanist. Cantor worked for the British East India Company. He made natural history collections in Penang and Malacca. In the scientific field of herpetology he described many new species of reptiles and amphibians.〔(The Reptile Database )〕 ''Pelochelys cantorii'', commonly known as Cantor's giant softshell turtle, is named in his honor.〔Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Cantor", p. 47). 〕 He was the author of * ''Notes respecting some Indian fishes'' (1839) * ''General features of Chusan'' (1842) * ''Catalogue of Malayan Reptiles'' (1847) * ''Catalogue of Malayan fishes'' (1850) ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theodore Edward Cantor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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