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'''Victor Loche''' (1806 - 1863) was a [[France|French]] soldier and [[natural history|naturalist]]. He was the author of ''Histoire naturelle des mammifères de l'Algérie'' (1867) and ''Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux de l'Algérie'' (1867). Loche first described the [[Sand cat]] (''Felis margarita''), which he identified as a distinct [[species]] while exploring the North [[Sahara]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sunquist|first=Melvin|coauthors=Sunquist, Fiona|title=Wildcats of the World|publisher=University of Chicago Press|date=2002|isbn=0-226-77999-8}}</ref>
'''Victor Loche''' (1806–1863) was a French soldier and [[natural history|naturalist]].
 
In 1856–1857, he participated in an expedition to the [[Algeria]]n part of the [[Sahara]], and described the [[Mammalian Species|mammals]] and birds of Algeria in the book ''Catalogue des mammifères et des oiseaux'' published in 1858.<ref>Loche, V. (1858). [https://archive.org/stream/cataloguedesmamm00loch#page/n5/mode/2up ''Catalogue des mammifères et des oiseaux observé en Algérie'']. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.</ref>
He first described the [[sand cat]] ''Felis margarita'' from a specimen found in the area of ''Négonça'' in the Sahara, and proposed to name the cat in recognition of [[Jean Auguste Margueritte]] who headed the expedition.<ref>Loche, V. (1858). [https://archive.org/stream/revueetmagasinde10soci#page/48/mode/2up ''Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Chat par M. le capitaine Loche'']. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Series 2 vol X: 49–50.</ref>
 
== Published works ==
* ''Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Zorille'', 1856.
* ''Catalogue des mammifères et des oiseaux'', Paris : Bertrand, 1858; later published in English by: Book On Demand Ltd, 2014.
* ''Histoire naturelle des mammifères'', Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1867; part of series: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842/<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ALoche%2C+Victor%2C&qt=hot_author World Cat Search] publications</ref>
 
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