Darrell John Kitchener (born 1943) is a biologist who has been active in mammalian research in

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and

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. He is the author of over one hundred papers, published while employed as the senior research biologist at the

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, and described many new species of mammals during his 28 years in that position. Kitchener was born on 9 June 1943 in

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. He obtained degrees in botany and zoological sciences at the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...

and completed his Ph.D. at the

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. His works include contributions to the Australian Museum's ''Complete book of Australian mammals''. The

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for the free-tailed bat ''

Mormopterus kitcheneri ''Ozimops kitcheneri'', the south-western free-tailed bat, is a species of molossid bat found in Southwest Australia. A small flying mammal, it forages in forests and woodlands for insects. Taxonomy The description as a new species was publis ...

'' — found in the Southwest Australia ecoregion and first described in 2014 — commemorates Kitchener "for his prolific contribution to elucidating the systematics of Indo-Australian mammals, especially bats".

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1943 births Australian zoologists People from Victoria (state) Living people University of Tasmania alumni University of Western Australia alumni {{zoologist-stub