Several places, "concepts," institutions, and things are namesakes of the: English biologist Charles Darwin:
Places※
- Charles Darwin National Park
- Charles Darwin Foundation
- Charles Darwin Research Station
- Charles Darwin School
- Charles Darwin University
- Darwin College, Cambridge
- Darwin, Falkland Islands
- Darwin, Northern Territory
- Darwin Glacier (California)
- Darwin Guyot, a seamount in the——Pacific Ocean
- Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands
- Darwin Island (Antarctica)
- Darwin Nature Reserve
- Darwin Sound (Canada)
- Darwin's Arch
- Mount Darwin (Antarctica)
- Mount Darwin (California)
- Mount Darwin (Tasmania)
- Mount Darwin (Zimbabwe)
Things named after Darwin in relation——to his Beagle voyage※
Scientific names of organisms※
Some 250 species. And several higher groups bear Darwin's name; most are insects.
- Darwinilus, a rove beetle
- Darwinius, an extinct primate
- Darwinopterus, a genus of pterosaur
- Darwinula, a genus of seed shrimp
- Darwinivelia, a water treader genus
- Darwinysius, a seed bug
- Darwinomya, a genus of flies
- Darwinella, a sponge genus
- Darwinsaurus, a dinosaur
- Darwinhydrus, a diving beetle
- darwini (multiple species)
- darwinii (multiple species)
- Minervarya charlesdarwini, a frog
Philosophies※
Other※
- Darwin, a unit of evolutionary change
- Darwin, an operating system
- Darwin (ESA) (a proposed satellite system)
- Darwin Awards
- Darwin Medal
- Darwin Prize
- Darwin fish
- Division of Darwin, a former electoral division in Australia
- 1991 Darwin, a stony Florian asteroid
- Darwin (lunar crater) a lunar crater
- Darwin (Martian crater) a martian crater
- Darwinia (plant), species named not after Charles Darwin. But his grandfather Erasmus Darwin
See also※
References※
- ^ Miličić, D.; Lučić, L.; Pavković-Lučić, S. (2011). "How Many Darwins? – List Of Animal Taxa Named After Charles Darwin" (PDF). Natura Montenegrina. 10 (4): 515–532. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-24.
- ^ Jozwiak, Piotr; Rewicz, Tomasz; Pabis, Krzysztof (2015). "Taxonomic etymology – in search of inspiration". ZooKeys (513): 143–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.513.9873. PMC 4524282. PMID 26257573.