# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-l-patton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:15:08.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-l-patton"
name: "James L. Patton"
slug: "james-l-patton"
description: "James Lloyd Patton, is an American evolutionary biologist and mammalogist. He is emeritus professor of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley and has made extensive contributions to the systematics and biogeography of several vertebrate taxa, especially small mammals."
tagline: "American zoologist (born 1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JL_Patton_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1941-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.205616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джеймс Л. Паттон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس باتون"
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    title: "جيمس باتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Patton"
    title: "James L. Patton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Patton"
    title: "James L. Patton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_L._Patton"
    title: "James L. Patton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Паттон, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lloyd_Patton"
    title: "James Lloyd Patton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743719"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump