François de Loys
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Born
1892
Louis François Fernand Hector de Loys
1892
Died1935 (aged 42–43)
OccupationOil geologist
KnownforDe Loys's ape
François de Loys | |
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_probably_before_Venezuela_expedition_1917_(public_domain).jpg) De Loys in c. 1917. | |
| Born | Louis François Fernand Hector de Loys 1892 |
| Died | 1935 (aged 42–43) |
| Occupation | Oil geologist |
| Known for | De Loys's ape |
Louis François Fernand Hector de Loys (1892–1935)[1] was a Swiss oil geologist. He is remembered today for the claim that he discovered a previously unknown primate, De Loys's ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), during a 1920 oil survey expedition in Venezuela. The identity of the animal he photographed has long been established with considerable confidence to be a spider monkey, and the identification as a new species is generally regarded as a hoax.[2][3]
