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Mission Scientifique de l'Omo Tomes III (Fasc. 18-30) + VI (Fasc. 57-60): (Zoologie)

by Jeannel, R.

Series : Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle série
Volume: IV, XIX
Collection : Prof Jim Green
Publisher : Editions du Museum
Published In : Paris
Illustrations : line drawings

Description:

Text French. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo Vol. III, fascicles 18-30, pp 1-347 (1936); Vol. VI, Parts 57-60, pp. 1-344 (1946) (Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Vols IV and XIX). The Mission Scientifique de l'Omo was a French scientific expedition to Ethiopia and Kenya in 1932-1933, led by the French entomologist René Jeannel (1879-1965), director of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, and the French vertebrate palaeontologist Camille Arambourg (1885-1969). It aimed to explore and study the natural history of the Omo River region. This collection includes papers on insects, invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians; also includes an important paper 'Faune des Terriers des Rats-taupes' (Faune of the burrows of the African mole rat), fascicle 57, by Jeannel.