Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

Biography

Bangs was born in

Watertown, Massachusetts Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, part of Greater Boston. The population was 35,329 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Its neighborhoods include Bemis, Coolidge Square, East Watertown, Watertown Sq ...

, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs. He studied at

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from 1880 to 1884, and became Curator of Mammals at the Harvard

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in 1900. He died at his summer home at

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Works

"The Florida Deer"
''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 10:25–28 (1896)
''The hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia''
American Ornithologists' Union, New York (1899)
"The Florida Puma"
''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'' 13:15–17. (1899)
"The Mammals and Birds of the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama"
''Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 46'' (8) : 137–160 (1905) with

John Eliot Thayer John Eliot Thayer (April 3, 1862 – July 29, 1933) was an American amateur ornithologist. Early life Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 3, 1862. He was a son of Cornelia Paterson (née Van Rensselaer) Thayer (1823–1897) and ...

"Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia"
''New England Zoological Club, Proceedings'', 5 : 1–66 (1914) with

Glover Morrill Allen Glover Morrill Allen (February 8, 1879 – February 14, 1942) was an American zoologist. Born in Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) Allen, he studied at Harvard University. While still a ...

and J. E. Thayer
"A Collection of Birds from the Cayman Islands"
''Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 60'':301–320 (1916)

Associated eponyms

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Bangsia ''Bangsia'' is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are native to humid forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Bangsia'' was introduce in 1919 by the ornithologi ...

'' – Tanager genus *''Grallaria bangsi'' –

Santa Marta antpitta The Santa Marta antpitta (''Grallaria bangsi'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Taxonomy and systematics The Santa Marta antpitta is monotypic. Its closest relative appears to be the Cu ...

*''Syntheosciurus brochus'' –

Bangs's mountain squirrel Bangs's mountain squirrel (''Syntheosciurus brochus'') is a poorly known species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama. It can be found in mountain rain forests at an altitude between , and lives mainly in the tree tops, but ...

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* * American ornithologists American taxonomists 1863 births 1932 deaths Harvard University alumni Harvard University staff People from Watertown, Massachusetts 19th-century American zoologists 20th-century American zoologists {{US-ornithologist-stub