Philip Hershkovitz

Philip Hershkovitz

Philip Hershkovitz (12 October 1909 – 15 February 1997), U.S. zoologist.

• Curator Emeritus at Field Museum of Natural History

Taxon names authored

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• 29 taxon names authored by Philip Hershkovitz

Eponyms

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• 3 eponyms of Philip Hershkovitz
• Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi Blake, 1953
• Hershkovitzia Guimarães & D'Andretta, 1956
• Heteromys anomalus hershkovitzi Hernandez-Camacho, 1956
• Mustela felipei Izor & de la Torre, 1978
• Aotus hershkovitzi Ramírez-Cerqueira, 1983 [synonym of Aotus lemurinus]
• Akodon hershkovitzi Patterson, Gallardo & Freas, 1984 [accepted as Abrothrix hershkovitzi]
• †Mohanamico hershkovitzi Luchterhand, Kay & Madden, 1986
• Saimirioptes hershkovitzi O'Connor, 1987
• †Scapteromys hershkovitzi Reig, 1994
• Eutrichophilus hershkovitzi Timm & Price, 1994
• †Bensonomys hershkovitzi Martin, Goodwin & Farlow, 2002

Publications

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1962

• Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology 46: 1–524. BHL Reference page. 

1963

• Hershkovitz, P. 1963. A systematic and zoogeographic account of the monkeys of the genus Callicebus (Cebidae) of the Amazonas and Orinoco river basins. Mammalia 27(1): 1–80. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1963.27.1.1 Reference page. 

1992

• Hershkovitz, P. 1992. The South American gracile mouse opossums, genus Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989 (Marmosidae, Marsupialia): A taxonomic review with notes on general morphology and relationships. Fieldiana: Zoology 70: vi + 1–56. BHL Reference page. 

1993

• Hershkovitz, P. 1993. A new central brazilian genus and species of sigmodontine rodent (Sigmodontinae) transitional between akodonts and oryzomyines, with a discussion of muroid molar morphology and evolution. Fieldiana: Zoology 75: 1–18. BHL Reference page. 

1994

• Hershkovitz, P. 1994. The description of a new species of South American hocicudo, or long-nose mouse, genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae, Muroidea), with a critical review of the generic content. Fieldiana: Zoology 79(1460): 1–43. BHL Reference page. 

References

• Patterson, B.D. 1987. A biographical sketch of Philip Hershkovitz, with a complete scientific bibliography. Fieldiana: zoology 39: 1–10. BHL
• Patterson, B.D. 1988. A celebration of Philip Hershkovitz. Emeritus curator of mammals. Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin 59(1): 24–29.
• Patterson, B.D. 1997. Philip Hershkovitz: 1909–1997. Journal of Mammalogy 78(3): 978–981. DOI: 10.2307/jmammal/78.3.978
• Fooden, J. 1997a. Death Notice: Philip Hershkovitz (1909–1997). American Journal of Primatology 43: 79.
• Fooden, J. 1997b. Obituary: Philip Hershkovitz (1909–1997). International Journal of Primatology 18(3): 301–303. DOI: 10.1023/A:1026326231152
• Mittermeier, R.A. 1997. Philip Hershkovitz – A Remembrance. Neotropical Primates 5(3): . Full article (Primate Info Net)