Biography

Johannes Christoph Gundlach, German-born Cuban naturalist (Marburg, Hesse-Cassel State 17 July 1810 – La Habana 15 March 1896)

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

Mammalia

Genus

Phyllonycteris 1860

Species

Erophylla sezekorni 1860

Lasiurus (Lasiurus) pfeifferi 1861

Nycticeius cubanus 1861

Phyllonycteris poeyi 1860

Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens 1840

Subspecies

Erophylla sezekorni sezekorni 1860

Macrotus waterhousii minor 1864

Phyllonycteris poeyi poeyi 1860

Pteronotus (Chilonycteris) quadridens quadridens 1840

Tadarida brasiliensis muscula 1861

Aves

Genus

Geochelidon 1862

Species

Corvus minutus 1852

Geotrygon caniceps 1852

Myiarchus sagrae 1852

Polioptila lembeyei 1858

Setophaga pityophila 1855

Teretistris fornsi 1858  

Subspecies

Colaptes auratus chrysocaulosus 1858

Megascops nudipes krugii 1874

Myiarchus sagrae sagrae 1852

Teretistris fornsi fornsi 1858

Reptilia

Genus

Cricosaura 1863 with Peters

Species

Amphisbaena cubana 1879 with Peters

Arrhyton vittatum 1861

Cricosaura typica 1863 with Peters

Tropidophis pardalis 1840

Tropidophis semicinctus 1864 with Peters

Odonata

Genus

Hypolestes 1888

Mollusca

Species

136 land mollusks

HONORS

Gundlachia Gray 1881 (Asteraceae)

Gundlachia Pfeiffer 1849 (Mollusca)

Gundlachtudora Torre & Bartsch 1941 (Mollusca)

Juannularia Torre & Bartsch 1941 (Mollusca)