Arthur Holmes Howell (3 May 1872 – 10 July 1940) was an American zoologist most notable for his field work on mammals and birds in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas.
Howell was born in
Lake Grove, New York
Lake Grove is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village in the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 11,163 at the 2010 census.
History
The area of Lake Grove wa ...
. In 1889, he became a member of the
American Ornithologists' Union
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its ...
. By 1895, he accompanied
Vernon Bailey as field assistant during surveys in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
Howell described several mammals and birds, including the
gray bat
The gray bat (''Myotis grisescens'') is a species of microbat endemic to North America. It once flourished in caves all over the southeastern United States, but due to human disturbance (ecology), disturbance, gray bat populations declined severe ...
, the
Cape Sable seaside sparrow
The Cape Sable seaside sparrow (''Ammospiza maritima mirabilis'') is a subspecies of the seaside sparrow, a species of bird in the family Passerellidae native to the United States. This subspecies is endemic to southern Florida. It is designated ...
, and the
red-tailed chipmunk
The red-tailed chipmunk (''Neotamias ruficaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States.
Description
The red-tailed chipmunk ...
. In 1898, he visited
Great Gull Island and confirmed the extinction of the
Gull Island vole.
Howell published 118 works, including ''Birds of Arkansas'' (1911), ''Birds of Alabama'' (1924), and ''Florida bird life'' (1932)
See also
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Passenger pigeon
The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (''Ectopistes migratorius'') is an bird extinction, extinct species of Columbidae, pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word ''passager'', meaning "passing by" ...
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Biographical notes
American ornithologists
American mammalogists
1872 births
1940 deaths
Scientists from New York (state)
People from Suffolk County, New York
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