Coenraad Jacob Temmink

### Known For

Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe

### Institutions

National Natural History Museum at Leiden

### Discoveries

Crimson-Crowned Fruit DoveYellow Ribbon Soapfish

### Father

Jacob Temmink

**Coenraad Jacob Temminck**  (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director. Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck, who was treasurer of the Dutch East India Company with links to numerous travellers and collectors, he inherited a large collection of bird specimens. His father was a good friend of Francois Levaillant who also guided Coenraad.

Temminck's *Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe* (1815) was the standard work on European birds for many years. He was also the author of *Histoire naturelle générale des Pigeons et des Gallinacées* (1813–1817), *Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées d'Oiseaux* (1820–1839), and contributed to the mammalian sections of Philipp Franz von Siebold's *Fauna japonica* (1844–1850).

Temminck was the first director of the National Museum of Natural History in Leiden from 1820 until his death. In 1831, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1836 he became member of the Royal Institute, predecessor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Temminck died on 30 January 1858, at the age of 79, in Leiden, Netherlands. In 1868 the English naturalist Charles Darwin denied incorrectly the existence of a tailless mutant of Ceylon junglefowl, described in 1807 by Temminck. A large number of animals were named for Temminck in the 19th century. Among those still in use are:

* Sharks:
	+ Broadfin shark *Lamiopsis temminckii*
* Fishes
	+ *Ancistrus temminckii* (an armoured suckermouth catfish)
	+ Dark chub *Zacco temminckii* (a carp)
	+ *Nipponocypris temminckii* (a cyprinid)
	+ Samoan silverside *Hypoatherina temminckii*
	+ *Syngnathus temminckii* (a seaweed pipefish)
	+ Oilfish *Rovetus temminckii* (synonym)
	+ Goldribbon soapfish *Aulacocephalus temminckii*
	+ *Ditrema temminckii* (a surfperch)
	+ Thread-fin fairy-wrasse *Cirrhilabrus temminckii*
	+ Kissing gourami *Helostoma temminckii*
* Reptiles:[6]
	+ Alligator snapping turtle *Macrochelys temminckii*
	+ *Sphenomorphus temmincki* (a species of common skink)
* Birds:
	+ Temminck's cormorant *Phalacrocorax capillatus*
	+ Temminck's tragopan *Tragopan temminckii*
	+ Bekisar G. varius × G. gallus "*Gallus temminckii*"
	+ Temminck's courser *Cursorius temminckii*
	+ Temminck's stint *Calidris temminckii*
	+ Malaysian eared nightjar *Eurostopodus temminckii*
	+ Purple-winged roller *Coracias temminckii*
	+ Temminck's hornbill *Penelopides exarhatus*
	+ Ochre-collared piculet *Picumnus temminckii*
	+ Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker *Dendrocopos temminckii*
	+ Temminck's fruit-dove *Ptilinopus porphyreus*
	+ Cerulean cuckooshrike *Coracina temminckii*
	+ Australian logrunner *Orthonyx temminckii*
	+ Temminck's sunbird *Aethopyga temminckii*
	+ Temminck's lark *Eremophila bilopha*
	+ Temminck's babbler *Pellorneum pyrrhogenys*
	+ Temminck's seedeater *Sporophila falcirostris*
	+ Blue whistling thrush subspecies *Myophonus caeruleus temminckii*
	+ Javan sunbird subspecies *Aethopyga mystacalis temminckii*
	+ Black sparrowhawk subspecies *Accipiter melanoleucus temminckii*
* Mammals:
	+ Temminck's mole *Mogera wogura*
	+ Temminck's flying fox *Pteropus temminckii*
	+ Temminck's tailless fruit bat *Megaerops ecaudatus*
	+ Dwarf dog-faced bat *Molossops temminckii*
	+ Temminck's trident bat *Aselliscus tricuspidatus*
	+ Temminck's mysterious bat *Nycticeius aenobarbus*
	+ Temminck's pangolin *Smutsia temminckii*
	+ Temminck's golden cat *Catopuma temminckii*
	+ Southern right whale *Hunterus temminckii* (a synonym)
	+ Temminck's mouse *Mus musculoides*
	+ Temminck's striped mouse *Hybomys trivirgatus*
	+ Temminck's giant squirrel *Epixerus ebii*
	+ Temminck's flying squirrel *Petinomys setosus*
	+ Temminck's red colobus *Pilocolobus badius temminckii* (subspecies)