Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (Weißensee, Thuringia, 1739 — Erlangen, 1810), often styled I.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.

In 1774 Schreber began writing a multi-volume set of books entitled Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen, which focused on the mammals of the world. Many of the animals included were given a scientific name for the first time, following the binomial system of Carolus Linnaeus. From 1791 until his death in 1810, he was the President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1787.

Schreber also wrote on entomology notably Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm. His herbarium collection has been preserved in the Botanische Staatssammlung München since 1813.

[edit] Works

• Beschreibung der Gräser (1.1769 - 3.1810)
• Lithographia Halensis (1758)
• Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm (1759)
• Die Säugetiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen (1.1774 - 64.1804)
• Theses medicae (1761)

[edit] Gallery

Plates from Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen 1774-1804.

Mustela sibirica	Eulemur mongoz	Viverra zibetha	Herpestes ichneumon
Galictis vittata	Martes zibellina	Didelphis marsupialis	Thylogale brunii
Setifer setosus	Hemiechinus auritus	Vormela peregusna	Caluromys philander
Acinonyx jubatus

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Online version of Schreberi Novae Species Insectorvm at GDZ

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