Edgardo Mondolfi
Edgardo Mondolfi Otero was a Venezuelan biologist and ecologist specializing in mammalogy.
Career
Mondolfi was a professor of zoology at the Central University of Venezuela, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, and Deputy Minister of Agriculture.He authored numerous books and scientific articles, including a monograph on the jaguar together with Rafael Hoogesteijn. He carried out pioneering work in wildlife management and was well known for his campaigns for the exploration and protection of South American mammal fauna.
In his later years, he served as Ambassador of Venezuela to Tanzania and Kenya. He died on 7 November 1999 of dengue fever.
Honors
In 2006, zoologists Daniel Lew, Roger Pérez-Hernández, and Jacint Ventura named the four-eyed opossum Philander mondolfii in his honor.For his environmental work, he received the National Conservation Award of Venezuela in 1969.