Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French voyager and merchant from
Bordeaux. He is known as a collector of zoological species from southern Asia and regions around the
Indian Ocean between 1816 and 1840. These collections were later studied and classified by French
zoologists such as
Georges Cuvier,
Achille Valenciennes, among others.
Taxa named in his honor
Dussumier's name was lent to numerous species, and an entire
genus of
herrings is called Dussumieria. The following is a list of zoological species associated with Dussumier:
Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792–1883) was a French voyager and merchant from
Bordeaux. He is known as a collector of zoological species from southern Asia and regions around the
Indian Ocean between 1816 and 1840. These collections were later studied and classified by French
zoologists such as
Georges Cuvier,
Achille Valenciennes, among others.
Taxa named in his honor
Dussumier's name was lent to numerous species, and an entire
genus of
herrings is called Dussumieria. The following is a list of zoological species associated with Dussumier: