Karl Koopman (1 April 1920 – 22 September 1997) was an American zoologist with a special interest in bats.[1][2] He worked for many years in the Mammalogy Department of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Eponyms
Mammal species named after him include Monticolomys koopmani, Rattus koopmani, and Sturnira koopmanhilli.
Also, a reptile species, Anolis koopmani, is named in his honor.[3]
References
- ^ "Koopman, Karl". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. Subscription needed.
- ^ Pace, Eric (30 September 1997). "Dr. Karl F. Koopman, 77, An Authority on Bats, Is Dead". The New York Times.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Koopman", p. 145).
Further reading
- Ackerman, Diane (4 January 1998). "The Lives They Lived: Karl F. Koopman; Batman". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- Griffiths, Thomas A. (August 1998). "Karl F. Koopman: 1920–1997". Journal of Mammalogy. 79 (3): 1070–1075. doi:10.2307/1383116. JSTOR 1383116. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- Vinciguerra, Thomas (Winter 2019–2020). "The Zoologist Who Was the World's Biggest Bat Fan". Columbia College Today. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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