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Otto Garlepp (20 August 1864 Cörmigk – 25 November 1959 Köthen) was a German naturalist and with his brother Gustav Garlepp (1862–1907) a professional collector.The brothers Otto Garlepp and Gustav Garlepp are honoured in the butterfly name Papilio garleppi the bird name Compsospiza garleppi the mammal name Garlepp’s mouse a subspecies of the Pampas cat and another of Darwin’s Rhea amongst many others. They were professional collectors in South America from 1883.

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