What is Armand David?
[[File:Espelette WWF.jpg|thumb|Multilingual plate at his birthplace from the [[World Wildlife Fund]].]] [[File:Davidia1.jpg|right|thumb|250px| The Dove Tree (''[[Dove tree|Davidia involucrata]]'') was discovered by and named after Armand David]] [[File:Armand David Berillon BNF Gallica.jpg|thumb|Father Armand David]] Father '''Armand David''' ([[September 27|Espelette September 27]], [[1826]] near [[Bayonne]] –[[November 10]], [[1900]] in [[Paris]]) was a [[Lazarists|Lazarist]] [[missionary]] [[Catholic]] priest as well as a [[zoologist]] and a [[botanist]]. He discovered many new species in [[China]]. The best-known of the animals he discovered are the [[Giant Panda]] and the [[Père David's Deer]] and the Dove tree, Davidia involucrata {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Armand}} [[Category:1826 births]] [[Category:1900 deaths]] [[Category:French botanists]] [[Category:French Roman Catholic priests]] [[Category:Roman Catholic missionaries]] [[Category:French zoologists]] [[Category:People from Bayonne]]