| 词条 | Reinhold Rau |
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| name = Reinhold Eugen Rau | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|02|07}} | birth_place = Friedrichsdorf, Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|02|11|1932|02|07|}} | death_place = Cape Town, South Africa | nationality = | occupation = Taxidermist, natural historian | years_active = | known_for = Efforts to re-breed the extinct quagga }} Reinhold Eugen Rau (February 7, 1932 – February 11, 2006) was a German natural historian who initiated the Quagga Project in South Africa, which aims to re-breed the extinct quagga, a sub-species of zebra. Rau was born in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, and trained as a taxdermist at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt,[1] joining the South African Museum in Cape Town in 1959.[2] Rau was initially part of a team of seven taxidermists working at the museum.[2] Although principally known for his work on quaggas, Rau also rediscovered a species of tortoise which had been thought extinct.[4] Rau continued to work at the South African Museum following his retirement;[2] he died on February 11, 2006,[3] at his home in Cape Town.[4] QuaggasRau's interest in quaggas began in 1969, when he re-mounted a quagga foal at the South African Museum. In 1971, Rau visited museums across Europe,[5] and ultimately examined 22 of the world's 23 quagga specimens.[6] Dried tissue samples from the skin of the South African Museum's quagga foal, together with additional tissue samples from the two Mainz quaggas that he re-mounted in 1980/81, formed the basis of the DNA analyses that led to the discovery that the Quagga was a subspecies of the Plains Zebra, not a distinct species. This led to Rau founding the Quagga Project, an attempt to re-breed the extinct Quagga. Rau's quest to rebreed the Quagga is said to have provided inspiration for Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park.[7] In 2000, the Cape Tercentenary Foundation awarded Rau the Molteno Medal for lifetime services to nature conservation in the Cape.[8] In 2013, Khumba, an animated movie about a quagga, was dedicated to Rau's memory.[9] Works
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Reinhold Rau (1932 - 2006) und die Quaggas|url=https://www.friedrichsdorf.de/lebeninfriedrichsdorf/unserestadt/geschichte/persoenlichkeiten/reinholdrau.php|publisher=Stadt Friedrichsdorf|accessdate=2018-01-05|language=de}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rau, Reinhold}}2. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Max|first1=D.T.|title=Can You Revive an Extinct Animal?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/magazine/can-you-revive-an-extinct-animal.html|accessdate=2018-01-05|work=The New York Times|date=1 January 2006}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Nullis|first1=Clare|title=Taxidermist had passion to revive extinct quagga|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-03-23-taxidermist-had-passion-to-revive-extinct-quagga|accessdate=2018-01-05|work=The M&G Online|date=23 March 2006}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Walters|first1=Tiara|title=Back from the dead|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2012-01-22-back-from-the-dead/|accessdate=2018-01-06|work=TimesLIVE|date=22 January 2012}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Swart|first1=Susan|editor1-last=Nance|editor1-first=Susan|title=The Historical Animal|date=2015|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815653394|pages=54-72|chapter=3. Zombie Zoology: History and Reanimating Extinct Animals}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Winstead|first1=Edward R.|title=In South Africa, the Quagga Project Breeds Success|url=http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/10_00/Quagga_project.shtml|publisher=Genome News Network|accessdate=2018-01-06|date=20 October 2000}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=Obituary: Reinhold Rau|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1513790/Reinhold-Rau.html|accessdate=2018-01-05|work=The Telegraph|date=24 March 2006}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cape300foundation.org.za/archives-awards.htm|title=The Cape Tercentenary Foundation Medal|accessdate=2018-01-05}} 9. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Heywood|first1=Peter|title=The micro-politics of macromolecules in the taxonomy and restoration of Quaggas|journal=Kronos|date=2015|volume=41|issue=1|pages=314–337|url=http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0259-01902015000100013|accessdate=2018-01-05|issn=0259-0190}} 4 : 1932 births|2006 deaths|People from Hesse|South African naturalists |
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