Danilo S. Balete
Danilo S. Balete (1960 in the
His research also included non-mammals and plants. He is credited for the discovery of several species of Rafflesia.[2]
Early life and education
Balete grew up in the Bicol Region of Luzon. He grew up on a small farm where he learned to ride carabaos and catch fish by hand.[5]
From 1984 to 1988 he studied at the University of the Philippines in Los Baños, where he obtained the Bachelor of Science in Zoology.[6] In 1989 he became a member of the Philippine Mammal Project of the Field Museum of Natural History. He spent eight months of the year as an expedition leader in the rainforest and about four months with a research team from the Field Museum of Natural History.
From 1992, he completed a biology degree at the
Career
In 2000, Balete began a 15-year long-term study of the mammals of the island of
From 2002 to 2013 Balete was a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. From 2003 to 2013 he was a research assistant at the National Museum of the Philippines.
From 2008 to 2009, Balete was a lecturer at the
Balete was a member of the Haribon Foundation, the largest conservation organization in the Philippines.
Species described
Besides several rodent species, including
Honors
In 2006, Julie F. Barcelona, Mary Ann O. Cajano and Annalee S. Hadsall described the Rafflesia species Rafflesia baletei, which was discovered in 1991 by Balete on the Isarog volcano in the Bicol Region.[19]
Citations
The standard author abbreviation Balete is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[20]
References
- ^ "New rodent species unique to Luzon discovered". GMA News Online. June 7, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ a b Alvarez, James DV. (10 July 2017). "Danny Balete: One of the finest field biologists the Philippines has ever seen". UPLB Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Reyes, Rachel A.G. (January 2, 2018). "From Washington Sycip to Isabel Granada: Bidding goodbye to some of the notable people who died in 2017". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "Two new species of "tweezer-beaked hopping rats" discovered in Philippines". Field Museum. 2019-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "Danilo (Danny) Balete". Expeditions. Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Gatumbato, Errol A. "Danny B, a conservation hero". Visayan Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Deutsche Welle: Cloud rats of the sky islands: 28 new mammal species found in the Philippines (19 July 2016). Accessed 16 November 2016
- ^ LiveScience: Cloud Rat Rediscovered after 112 Years
- ^ "UP Biology launched the book "The Mammals of Luzon Island" |". Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Rickart, EA, Heaney, LR, Balete, DS & Tabaranza, Jr., BR (1998) A review of the genera Crunomys and Archboldomys (Rodentia, Muridae, Murinae) with descriptions of two new species from the Philippines. Fieldiana Zoology new series, 89, 1-24.
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- ISSN 0022-2372.
- ISSN 0022-2372.
- ISSN 0045-8511.
- ^ Brown, R.M. et al. (2010) "Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus." Scientific Papers Natural History Museum The University of Kansas (42): 1-27
- ^ Barcelona, J.F., Cajano, M.A.O. & Hadsall, A.S. (2006) Rafflesia baletei, Another New Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) from the Philippines. Kew Bulletin 61(2): 231-237 pdf
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Balete.
External links
- International Plant Name Index: Author: Danilo S. Balete
- Profile: Danilo S. Balete at LinkedIn
- Profile: Danilo S. Balete at the Field Museum of Natural History