# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vernon-orlando-bailey
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:29.885Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vernon-orlando-bailey"
name: "Vernon Orlando Bailey"
slug: "vernon-orlando-bailey"
description: "Vernon Orlando Bailey was an American naturalist who specialized in mammalogy. He was employed by the Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). His contributions to the bureau numbered roughly 13,000 specimens, including many new species. Bailey published 244 monographs and articles during his career with the USDA and is best known for his biological surveys of Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Oregon."
tagline: "American mammalogist, zoologist and specimen collector (1864–1942)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vernon_Bailey_portrait_photograph.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1864-06-21"
deathDate: "1942-04-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vernon Orlando Bailey"
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    title: "Vernon Orlando Bailey"
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    title: "Vernon Orlando Bailey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump