William Bebb Richardson
William Bebb Richardson (29 February 1912, Pasadena, California – 25 January 2006, Lindsay, California)[1] was an American mammalogist.[2][3]
Richardson received his bachelor's degree in 1935 from the University of California, Berkeley. He participated in the Archbold 1938–1939 expedition to New Guinea.[2][4][5][6]
Associated eponyms for William Bebb Richardson[edit]
- Microhydromys richardsoni – Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse (or Richardson's shrew mouse)[2]
- Rattus richardsoni – Glacier rat (or Richardson's mountain rat)[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Hartman Family Tree, William Bebb Richardson - Marjorie Elizabeth Wright[self-published source?]
- ^ a b c d Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. The two mammalian species names for Richardson's mountain rat and Richardson's shrew mouse are associated with the mammalogist William Bebb Richardson; William Blaney Richardson was long dead at the time of the Archbold expedition.
- ^ Richardson, William Bebb (1937). "Description of a Race of Perognathus longimembris from Tulare County, California". Journal of Mammalogy. 18 (4): 510–511. doi:10.2307/1374346. JSTOR 1374346.
- ^ Rand, Austin Loomer; Archbold, Richard; Richardson, William B. (1940). New birds from the 1938–1939 expedition. American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ Tate, George Henry Hamilton; Archbold, Richard; Richardson, William B. (1941). New rodents and marsupials from New Guinea. American Museum of Natural History.
- ^ Richardson, William B. (1942). "Ring-Tailed Cats (Bassariscus astutus): Their Growth and Development". Journal of Mammalogy. 23 (1): 17–26. doi:10.2307/1374851. JSTOR 1374851.
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