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Miguel Alvarez del Toro
Biologist

Miguel Alvarez del Toro

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Biologist
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Place of birth
Colima, Colima Municipality, Colima, Mexico
Place of death
Mexico City, Mexico
Age
78 years
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Biography

Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro (1917–1996) was a Mexican biologist who worked in the state of Chiapas as head of the Institute of Natural History. He married Clementina Pérez.

He was the first Mexican conservationist.

He was born in Colima, Mexico. He later travelled to Mexico City with his family. He worked there as the director of a natural history museum. He was later hired by the government of Chiapas and moved to that state. Due to his close contact and friendship with politicians he became prominent and well-funded.

Alvarez del Toro is the author of the following books: Los Reptiles de Chiapas (1960), Los Crocodylia de México (1974), Los Animales Silvestres de Chiapas (1952), ¡Así era Chiapas! (1985), Las Aves de Chiapas (1971), Arañas de Chiapas (1992), Chiapas y su biodiversidad (1993), and Comitán, una puerta al sur (1994).

Legacy

The Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro (ZOOMAT), a zoo, is named after him.

Environmentalist group Fundación Chiapaneca Miguel Alvarez del Toro para la Proteccion de la Naturaleza is also named after him.

The following species have been named after him:

  • Cryptotriton alvarezdeltoroi – Alvarez del Toro's hidden salamander
  • Anolis alvarezdeltoroi
  • Coniophanes alvarezi – Chiapan stripeless snake
  • Trogolaphysa toroi
  • Pulex alvarezi
  • Lepidophyma alvarezi
  • Ceratozamia alvarezii
  • Mastophora alvareztoroi
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