Stephen David Durrant
Stephen David Durrant | |
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| Born | October 11, 1902 |
| Died | November 11, 1975 (aged 73) |
| Education | University of Utah |
| Known for | President of the American Society of Mammalogists |
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| Fields | Mammalogy |
| Institutions | University of Utah |
Stephen David Durrant (October 11, 1902 โ November 11, 1975) was an American
Thomomys and other rodents of the Great Basin. The "foremost mammalogist in Utah,"[1] he was professor of zoology at the University of Utah
for over 40 years.
Born October 11, 1902, Durant served as a
Ralph V. Chamberlin in 1931. After pursuing doctoral research first at the University of Minnesota, then University of California, Berkeley, and working several jobs while raising a family, he received his Ph.D. in 1950 from the University of Kansas. Over the course of his career he described 37 new subspecies or races of assorted small mammals, including gophers, mice, kangaroo rats, beavers, and picas. He died from lung cancer on November 11, 1975.[2]
Durrant's 1952 book Mammals of Utah: Taxonomy and Distribution presented taxonomic synopses of 247 species and subspecies of Utah mammals, as well as Durrant's explanations for the origins of such diversity: largely that the geographic and hydrological history of the region, especially the prehistoric Lake Bonneville, promotes reproductive isolation and subsequent speciation or sub-speciation.[3][4]
References
- ISBN 978-0940378117.
- JSTOR 1379745.
- JSTOR 1375850.
- JSTOR 1681213.
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