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George Ord

George Ord, Jr. (March 4, 1781 – January 24, 1866) was an American zoologist who specialized in North American ornithology and mammalogy. Based in part on specimens collected by Lewis and Clark in the North American interior, Ord's article "Zoology of North America''"'' (1815), which was published in the second American edition of William Guthrie's ''Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar'' (Johnson and Warner), has been recognized as the "first systematic zoology of America by an American".

Ord (1815) published the first scientific descriptions of Pronghorn antelope (''Antilocapra americana''), Grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis'')'','' Meadow vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus''), Bushy-tailed woodrat (''Neotoma cinerea''), Eastern gray squirrel (''Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus''), Columbian ground squirrel (''Urocitellus columbianus''), black-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys ludovicianus''), Bonaparte's gull (''Chroicocephalus philadelphia''), ring-billed gull (''Larus delawarensis''), Tundra swan (''Cygnus columbianus''), and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (''Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus'').

Ord is widely known for challenging the works of John James Audubon. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A reprint of the North American zoology / by Ord, George, 1781-1866

    Published 1894
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    Notes on the habits of the box-tortoise of the United States of America, Cistuda carolina, Gray by Ord, George, 1781-1866

    Published 1845
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    A new genus of mammalia proposed and a description of the species upon which it is founded / by Say, Thomas, 1787-1834

    Published 1826
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    American entomology. A description of the insects of North America, by Say, Thomas, 1787-1834

    Published 1870
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    American entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America Illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature / by Say, Thomas, 1787-1834

    Published 1870
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