Commemorated
A number of animals were described by Pallas, and his surname is included in their common names, including: Pallas's Cat, Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Pallas's Squirrel, Pallas's Warbler, Pallas's Cormorant, Pallas's Fish-eagle, Pallas's Gull, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Pallas's Rosefinch, and Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler. Also he is honored in the specific epithet of scientific names of animals described by others, including: Pallas's Pika (Ochotona pallasi), Pallas's Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi), and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii).
Streets in Berlin and Castrop-Rauxel are named Pallasstraße. A city in Volgograd Oblast is named after him – Pallasovka and his monument stands there. An asteroid is named after him: 21087 Petsimpallas.
The standard author abbreviation Pall. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Peter Simon Pallas