"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 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)
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