
Charles William Beebe (29 July 1877 – 4 June 1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. During deep sea bathysphere dives off Bermuda in 1932, he observed several still-unidentified species, of which the only ones he saw clearly were the abyssal rainbow gar, the giant dragonfish, the five-lined constellation fish, the pallid sailfin, and the three-starred anglerfish.[1] He also encountered the Beebe's manta, which is named after him.[2] During an expedition to Guyana, he collected descriptions of various unknown large carnivores, including the anuntume, chirirume, emennu, kaikuchi (spotted or speckled jaguar), prauya, wairarima, and wathamaiku, as well as the wolf-like iworo.[3]
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- ↑ Beebe, William (1934) Half Mile Down
- ↑ Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835
- ↑ Beebe, William (1917) Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana: Zoological Contributions from the Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society