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Léon Louis Vaillant (November 11, 1834 - November 24, 1914) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology
Herpetology

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and of reptiles .Herpetology is concerned with poikilothermic, or ectothermic, tetrapods....
, malacology
Malacology

Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of mollusks, the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods....
, and ichthyology
Ichthyology

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish . At least 30,700 fish species have been described, comprising a majority of vertebrates....
. He was a professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris and took part in French naval expeditions on the Travailleur in 1880, 1881 & 1882 and on the Talisman in 1883.








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Léon Louis Vaillant (November 11, 1834 - November 24, 1914) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology
Herpetology

Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians and of reptiles .Herpetology is concerned with poikilothermic, or ectothermic, tetrapods....
, malacology
Malacology

Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of mollusks, the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods....
, and ichthyology
Ichthyology

Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. This includes skeletal fish , cartilaginous fish , and jawless fish . At least 30,700 fish species have been described, comprising a majority of vertebrates....
. He was a professor at the Museum of Natural History in Paris and took part in French naval expeditions on the Travailleur in 1880, 1881 & 1882 and on the Talisman in 1883.

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