Dallas A. Sutton

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Dallas A. Sutton (born September 12, 1911 in Grand Junction , Colorado ; died June 18, 2006 in Chico , California ) was an American zoologist who dealt primarily with mammals ( mammalogy ).

life and work

Sutton was born in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1911 and graduated from Mesa Jr. College with an AA degree in 1934 and an AB at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1939 . In 1940 he received his MA from Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois , and in 1953 he received his PhD from the University of Colorado .

In 1934 Sutton began teaching as an elementary school teacher and after receiving his doctorate, he went to Eastern Montana College in Billings , Montana as a biology teacher . In 1957 he became professor of biology at California State University in Chico and stayed there until his retirement in 1976. He used his holidays for biological research or as a naturalist for the US National Park Service , among others. a. in Mesa Verde and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. He also went on several scientific boat trips along the coast from San Diego to Mexico to study the native flora and fauna.

Sutton was a member of the American Society of Mammalogists , the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, and the Western Society of Naturalists . He has published numerous articles primarily for the Journal of Mammalogy and the Southwestern Naturalist. He was also a member of the Chico Evangelical Free Church. One focus of his work was the chipmunks of the American west coast. He systematically examined these species and in 2000, together with Bruce D. Patterson, described two new and still valid subspecies, whereby they assigned Tamias senex pacifica to the Allen chipmunk ( Tamias senex ) and Tamias siskiyou humboldti to the Siskiyou chipmunk ( Tamias siskiyou ). He also described several species of chipmunks in the Mammalian Species series , including the yellow spruce chipmunk ( Tamias amoenus ) and the Townsend chipmunk ( Tamias townsendii ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary for Dallas A. Sutton on legacy.com; accessed on June 16, 2016
  2. ^ Dallas A. Sutton: Problems of Taxonomy and Distribution in Four Species of Chipmunks. Journal of Mammalogy 7 (3), August 1995; Pp. 843-850. doi : 10.2307 / 1382752
  3. ↑ Dallas A. Sutton, Bruce D. Patterson: Geographic Variation of the Western Chipmunks Tamias senex and T. siskiyou, with Two New Subspecies from California. Journal of Mammalogy 81 (2), 2000; Pp. 299-316. doi : 10.1644 / 1545-1542 (2000) 081 <0299: GVOTWC> 2.0.CO; 2 .
  4. ^ Dallas A. Sutton: Tamias amoenus. Mammalian Species 390, 1992 ( full text ).
  5. ^ Dallas A. Sutton: Tamias townsendii. Mammalian Species 435, 1993 ( full text ).
personal data
SURNAME Sutton, Dallas A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American zoologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Junction , Colorado
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 2006
Place of death Chico , California