5/07/2024

Bootherium Bombifrons

Bootherium Bombifrons is a term that is not well known. The common name for Bootherium Bombifrons is Harlan's Musk Ox, named for a distant relative of mine. The species is extinct.

My middle name is Harlan, which was my paternal grandmothers family. Dr. Richard Harlan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootherium

https://iceage.museum.state.il.us/mammals/helmeted-muskox




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harlan




Dr. Richard Harlan also collected and received natural history specimens from a number of his friends and colleagues. He collaborated with other naturalists and supported Audubon during his travels. He described a number of species including Macroclemys temminckii, Harlan's ground sloth, Harlan's muskox and the Indian Hoolock gibbon. A parasite of the alligator snapping turtle is named after him Eimeria harlani.[7][8][9]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harlan




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