I roto i te 1801, Johann David Schoepff huaina te kitenga o Muhlenberg rite Testudo muhlenbergii i roto i te honore o Muhlenberg. I roto i te 1829, Richard Harlan whakaingoatia te turtle Emys muhlenbergii. I muri i whakaingoatia te momo ki Calemys muhlenbergii e Louis Agassiz i roto i te 1857, a ki Clemmys muhlenbergii e Henry Watson Fowler i roto i te 1906.
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