Edward Griffith

Edward Griffith (1790–1858), British naturalist and zoologist.

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Griffith, E. 1821. General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals arranged conformably to the modern discoveries and improvements in zoology. Order Carnivora. London, UK: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. Reference page.

Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1829. The class Aves arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. The additional species inserted in the text of Cuvier by Gray, J.E.. Vol. I: 1–548; 32 pls. BHL In: Griffith, E. et al. (eds.) The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed. Vol. VI. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London. Reference page.

Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1832. The class Insecta arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order. And notices of new genera and species by George Gray, Esq. Volume the second. In: Griffith, E. et al. (eds.) The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order, by Edward Griffith, and others. Volume the fifteenth. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London. 796 pp. BHL

Evenhuis, N.L. 2019. Edward Griffith's "Animal Kingdom" (1824-1835): revised dates of publication and analysis of volumes, with special reference to the Mammalia and Aves based on wrapper contents. Sherbornia 5(3): 167–202. PDF.