Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem | |
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| Born | August 29, 1912 |
| Died | May 1, 1984 (aged 71) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem (29 August 1912 in Remten, Russian Empire presently Latvia – 1 May 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia) was a Baltic German zoologist who emigrated to Colombia at age 38 (in 1950) and later became a representative of the IUCN Crocodiles Specialist Group for South America. He was also known as Federico Medem and published under this name.