Herluf Winge
Danish zoologist
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Adolf Herluf Winge (19 March 1857 – 10 November 1923) was a Danish zoologist.
Adolf Herluf Winge | |
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| Born | 19 March 1857 |
| Died | 10 November 1923 (aged 66) Hellerup, Denmark |
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| Fields | Zoology, paleontology |
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Biography
As a young student, along with his brother Oluf, Winge was interested in small mammals, particularly moles, shrews and insectivora. He studied mammalian dentition and produced a comparison of cusp similarities. He worked at the Zoological Museum in the University of Copenhagen from 1885. A major work was his three volumes of E Museo Lundii on the extinct fauna of South America with 75 plates that he drew. He also studied the animal remains found in the kitchen-middens of Denmark.[1][2]
Winge was described as a Lamarckist by some authors.[3]
