Oliver Payne Pearson
Appearance
Oliver Payne Pearson (1915–2003), U.S. mammalogist.
- Author abbreviation: Pearson
- Department of Zoology, University of California at Berkeley, California, United States
- Curator of Mammals at Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UCB, California, United States.
Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
Publications
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- Pearson, O.P. 1939. Three new small mammals from eastern Panama. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 1–5. Reference page.
- Enders, R.K. & Pearson, O.P. 1939. Three new rodent subspecies of Scotinomys from Chiriquí, Panama. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 34: 1–4. Reference page.
- Enders, R.K. & Pearson, O.P. 1940. A new subspecies of Reithrodontomys mexicanus from Panama with remarks on R. mexicanus cherrii. Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 60: 1–2. Reference page.
- Sanborn, C.C. & Pearson, O.P. 1947. The Tuco-tucos of Peru (Genus Ctenomys). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 60: 135–138. BHL Reference page.
- Pearson, O.P. 1951. Additions to the fauna of Santa Cruz Island, California, with description of a new subspecies of Reithrodontomys megalotis. Journal of Mammalogy 32(3): 366–368. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/32.3.366 Reference page.
- Pearson, O.P. 1958. A taxonomic revision of the rodent genus Phyllotis. University of California Publications in Zoology 56(4): 391–477. Reference page.
- Pearson, O.P. 1984. Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina. Journal of Zoology 202(2): 225–237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05952.x Reference page.
Eponyms
[edit]- Andalgalomys pearsoni (Myers, 1977)
- Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa & Langguth, 1983
- Pearsonomys Patterson, 1992
References
[edit]- Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E.P., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Patton, J.L. 2007. Oliver P. Pearson: Scientist, Statesman, Gentleman. pp. 1–26 in Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E.P., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Patton, J.L. (eds.). The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology 134: 981 pp. ISBN 978-0-520-09859-6