Pierre-Médard Diard (1794 - 1863) was a French naturalist and explorer.
Diard travelled in the East Indies between 1827 and 1848. He collected a number of natural history specimens, some of which were sent back the Coenraad Jacob Temminck at Leiden. He was an early explorer and also helped contribute with the early Roman Catholic missionaries in New France.
Diard is commemorated in the names of a number of animals, including the following:
- Hyllus diardi, a spider
- Macronota diardi, a beetle
- Carineta diardi, a very colourful cicada
- Sewellia diardi, a fish
- Typhlops diardi, a blind snake
- Siamese Fireback, Lophura diardi
- Diard's Trogon, Harpactes diardii
- Black-bellied Malkoha, Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Bornean Clouded Leopard, Neofelis diardi
He also collected the first specimen of a crocodile Crocodylus raninus from Brunei.
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