Anophthalmus hitleri, a cave beetle named after Adolf Hitler, hasbecome a target for some collectors. London's Natural HistoryMuseum/Flickr This article was originally published on Undark.George Washington’s palm tree. Thomas Jefferson’s sloth. EdwardHarris’s hawk. Quite a few species come with a person’s nameattached to them. Sometimes these names formally known as eponyms memorialize the original collector. Sometimes it’s a scientist’sfamily member, a benefactor or government leader, a colleague, oreven a celebrity. According to one official estimate, eponyms makeup around 20 percent of all animal names in use. Many species gottheir eponyms during the early days of scientific collecting, whichwas partially fueled by the broader colonization programs of
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