Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz born?1861
2. Where was Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz born?Germany
3. What is the career?Explorer, naturalist, and collector
4. Who was Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz?He was a German explorer born in 1861 who traveled to China in the late 1800s to study animals and landscapes.
5. What did he discover in China?He found a new species of jerboa, a small desert rodent that hops on its powerful back legs.

Taxonomy: The scientific classification of organisms into hierarchical groups based on shared characteristics.
Biogeography: The study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.
Zoology: The branch of biology concerned with the study of animals.