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J. Knox Jones
1929–1992
A leading American mammalogist and museum builder, he helped shape modern study of bats and other mammals across North and Central America. His long career joined field science, teaching, and academic leadership in a way that left a lasting mark on Texas Tech and the wider world of natural history.
13 Audiobooks
Distribution of Some Nebraskan Mammals
by J. Knox Jones
Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua
by Sydney Anderson, J. Knox Jones
Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus
by J. Knox Jones
North American Yellow Bats, 'Dasypterus,' and a List of the Named Kinds of the Genus Lasiurus Gray
by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, J. Knox Jones
Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea
by Robert G. (Robert Gravem) Webb, George William Byers, J. Knox Jones
Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
by J. Knox Jones
An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats
by Olin L. Webb, J. Knox Jones
Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota
by Kenneth W. Andersen, J. Knox Jones
Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico
by J. Knox Jones, Ticul Alvarez, M. Raymond Lee
Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions
by J. Knox Jones, B. Mursaloglu
A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western Mexico
by J. Knox Jones, Gary L. Phillips
Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country
by J. Knox Jones, James Dale Smith, Ronald W. Turner
About the author
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1929, he studied zoology at the University of Nebraska before earning graduate degrees at the University of Kansas. Early on, he developed a deep interest in natural history, especially mammals, and that interest grew into a career known for energetic fieldwork and a remarkable publishing record.
He taught at the University of Kansas and later at Texas Tech University, where he became an important force in both biological research and university leadership. He was especially well known for work in mammalogy, with major contributions to the study of bats, faunal surveys, and the mammals of North and Central America.
Beyond his own research, he helped build collections, support younger scientists, and strengthen museum-based biology. He died in Lubbock, Texas, in 1992, but he is still remembered as one of the major figures in twentieth-century mammalogy.