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Vernon Orlando Bailey

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American mammalogist, zoologist and specimen collector (1864-1942)

United StatesLived 1864 to 1942 · aged 77
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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.

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Photograph taken for Vernon Orlando Bailey during his work as field naturalist for the USDA Bureau of Biological Survey: Bailey was particularly interested in creating more humane animal traps and devoted much of his time after retirement to this cause.Photograph taken for Vernon Orlando Bailey during his work as field naturalist for the USDA Bureau of Biological Survey: Bailey was particularly interested in creating more humane animal traps and devoted much of his time after retirement to this cause.

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Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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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.

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Lived 1864 to 1942 · aged 77
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