Rudolf Grauer

Rudolf Grauer ( born August 20, 1870 in Hellbrunn ( Salzburg), † December 17, 1927 in Vienna ) was an Austrian hunter and explorer.

Rudolf Grauer traveled to Uganda in 1907 to Tanganyika 1904/ 05. In a funded by the Austrian Court Museum Congo Travel 1910-1911 Gray was one of the first Europeans, who met on the Mambutti Pygmies. From his travels, he also brought a number of animals killed, including three okapi ( this species was only discovered in 1901 ) and a Central African gorilla.

The gorilla subspecies Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla beringei grauerii ), which only occurs in Zaire lowlands, also contributes Grauers name as the Blackcap Sylvia graueria.