Education
In 1959 Yves Rumpler was appointed assistant chief in the Institute of Embryology at the University of Strasbourg and until 1966 his research focused on traditional subjects studied at Strasbourg e.g. thyroid hormones, teratology.
In 1959 Yves Rumpler was appointed assistant chief in the Institute of Embryology at the University of Strasbourg and until 1966 his research focused on traditional subjects studied at Strasbourg e.g. thyroid hormones, teratology.
He was a professor of embryology and primatology at the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg until he retired in 2007. He undertook studies on the systematic and chromosomal evolution of the lemurs in Madagascar and is consequently recognized for his work in primatology. He then served as department head of the Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Cytogenetics Laboratory, studying quantitative cytology and histology at the teaching hospital of Strasbourg.
From 1980 to 2007 Yves Rumpler taught at the Institute of Embryology in the University of Strasbourg.
He has received an honorary doctorate from the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany. Yves Rumpler took part in the description of new species of primates:
Hapalemur aureus Meier, Albignac, Peyrieras, Wright and Rumpler, described in 1987
Tarsius dentatus Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described into 1991 in Sulawesi (Indonesia)
Tarsius dianae Niemitz, Nietsch, Warter and Rumpler, described in 1991
Lepilemur aeeclis Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler, Lepilemuridae lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006
Lepilemur randrianasoli Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler, Lepilemuridae lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006
Lepilemur sahamalazensis Andriaholinirina, Fausser, Roos, Zinner, Thalmann, Rabarivola, Ravoarimanana, Ganzhom, Meier, Hilgartner, Walter, Zaromody, Langer, Hahn, Zimmermann, Radespiel, Craul, Tomiuk, Tattersall and Rumpler, Lepilemuridae lemur discovered in Madagascar and described in 2006
With Elwyn L. Simons, he also created the genus name for the true lemurs: Eulemur (Simons & Rumpler 1988).
This new genus joined together the species Eulemur fulvus, East. mongoz, East. macaco, East. rubriventer and East. coronatus which were previously in the Lemur genus.