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Name
  
Herluf Winge


Died
  
November 10, 1923

Adolf Herluf Winge (March 19, 1857 – November 10, 1923) was a Danish zoologist.

Biography

As a young student, along with his brother Oluf, Winge was interested in small mammals, particularly moles, shrews and insectivora. He studied mammalian dentition and produced a comparison of cusp similarities. He worked at the Zoological Museum in the University of Copenhagen from 1885. A major work was his three volumes of E Museo Lundii on the extinct fauna of South America with 75 plates that he drew. He also studied the animal remains found in the kitchen-middens of Denmark.

Winge was described as a Lamarckist by some authors.

References

Herluf Winge Wikipedia