"Von Mechow joined the Loango-expedition under Paul Güssfeldt. He undertook a second larger exploration between 1879 and 1882 in Angola, where he explored the middle course ...
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of the Kwango River. He collected birds for Jean Cabanis and Anton Reichenow at Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
Several species are named for him including a butterfly (Papilio mechowi ), the dusky long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi ), and Mechow´s mole-rat (Fukomys mechowii ).
Von Mechow is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of African snake, Xenocalamus mechowii." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.11.2019)
