Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855 – March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer,...
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Clinton Merriam is the name of: Clinton L. Merriam (1824–1900), U.S. Representative from New York Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942), son of Clinton L. Merriam...
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zoologist Clinton Hart Merriam and the ornithologist Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. Kofalk, Harriet (1989). No Woman Tenderfoot: Florence Merriam Bailey...
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scientific interests of her family members, including her older brother Clinton Hart Merriam. Her nature writing and activism started at Smith College in 1882...
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Kodiak bear (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
mammals. "IUCN Brown Bear subspecies status". Retrieved August 29, 2022. Merriam, C. Hart (1896). "Preliminary Synopsis of the American Bears". Proceedings of...
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California grizzly bear (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology. Paper 497. Merriam, C. Hart (August 13, 1914), "Description of Thirty apparently New Grizzly and...
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petroglyphs visited and described by Walter James Hoffman in 1882 and by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1903. One image on the panel has been interpreted by cryptozoologists...
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Cozumel raccoon (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
dwarf raccoon, Cozumel Island raccoon, and Cozumel raccoon bear. Clinton Hart Merriam first described the Cozumel raccoon as morphologically distinctive...
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adopted in 1930 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to honor Dr. Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942), an American zoologist and naturalist, who served on...
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The C. Hart Merriam Award is given annually by the American Society of Mammalogists for "outstanding research in mammalogy". The Merriam Award was established...
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Olympic marmot (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
1–6 every other mating season. American zoologist and ethnographer Clinton Hart Merriam first formally described the Olympic marmot in 1898, as Arctomys...
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Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942), the United States' first eco-biologist. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. The Merriam Base...
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Guadalupe fur seal (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Genus: Arctocephalus Species: A. townsendi Binomial name Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, 1897 Dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: other colonies...
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Sitka deer (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
the deer to travel through these areas when the snow is so deep. Harry Merriam, John Schoen and Dave Hardy "Sitka Black-tailed Deer". Alaska Dept of Fish...
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Kangaroo mouse (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Subfamily: Dipodomyinae Genus: Microdipodops Merriam, 1891 Type species Microdipodops megacephalus Merriam, 1891 Species M. megacephalus M. pallidus...
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Desert bighorn sheep (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Subfamily: Caprinae Tribe: Caprini Genus: Ovis Species: O. canadensis Subspecies: O. c. nelsoni Trinomial name Ovis canadensis nelsoni Merriam, 1897...
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Western spotted skunk (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
years in captivity. The western spotted skunk was first described by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1890; its specific name, gracilis, is derived from the Latin for...
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burning sulfur and sewer gas "magnified a thousand times", though Clinton Hart Merriam claimed that it is not "one tenth" as offensive as that produced...
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White-tailed prairie dog (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Cynomys Species: C. leucurus Binomial name Cynomys leucurus Merriam, 1890 White-tailed Prairie Dog range...
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expeditions to survey the fauna and flora. He was part of a team with Clinton Hart Merriam that took part in the Death Valley Expedition. He also explored the...
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Kaibab squirrel (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Sciurus Species: S. aberti Subspecies: S. a. kaibabensis Trinomial name Sciurus aberti kaibabensis Merriam, 1904...
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Antelope squirrel (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Marmotini Genus: Ammospermophilus Merriam, 1892 Type species Spermophilus leucurus Species A. harrisii A. insularis...
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Tule elk (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Genus: Cervus Species: C. canadensis Subspecies: C. c. nannodes Trinomial name Cervus canadensis nannodes (Merriam, 1905) Synonyms Cervus elaphus nannodes...
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Cozumel coati (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Nasua Species: N. narica Subspecies: N. n. nelsoni Trinomial name Nasua narica nelsoni Merriam, 1901 Cozumel Island coati range Synonyms Nasua nelsoni...
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Kit fox (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
primarily carnivorous. In the Californian deserts, its primary prey is Merriam's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami). Other common prey species include lagomorphs...
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Miller. He graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and worked under Clinton Hart Merriam at the United States Department of Agriculture. He became assistant...
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Belding's ground squirrel (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
described by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1888, as Spermophilus beldingi. Three subspecies are now generally recognized: U. b. beldingi (Merriam, 1888) U. b...
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his return the elder Schultz renamed the child Hart Merriam, after his good friend, Clinton Hart Merriam. Lone Wolf grew up preferring his Indian name...
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Oryzomys nelsoni (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Agriculture was one of the first scientific exploration of the islands. Clinton Hart Merriam identified the mammals they obtained, including four specimens of...
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Mexican prairie dog (category Taxa named by Clinton Hart Merriam)
Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Cynomys Species: C. mexicanus Binomial name Cynomys mexicanus Merriam, 1892...
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