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J. Knox Jones

1929–1992

A leading American mammalogist and academic leader, he helped shape Texas Tech University into a stronger research institution while producing an impressive body of work on mammals and natural history.

14 Audiobooks

Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Korea

by George William Byers, J. Knox Jones, Robert G. Webb

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

Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota

by Kenneth W. Andersen, J. Knox Jones

Pleistocene Bats from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

by J. Knox Jones

Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions

by J. Knox Jones, B. Mursaloglu

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

Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua

by Sydney Anderson, J. Knox Jones

A New Subspecies of the Fruit-eating Bat, Sturnira ludovici, From Western Mexico

by J. Knox Jones, Gary L. Phillips

Geographic Distribution of the Pocket Mouse, Perognathus fasciatus

by J. Knox Jones

Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China

by J. Knox Jones

An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats

by J. Knox Jones, Olin L. Webb

Noteworthy Mammals from Sinaloa, Mexico

by Ticul Alvarez, J. Knox Jones, M. Raymond Lee

Distribution of Some Nebraskan Mammals

by J. Knox Jones

A New Bog Lemming (Genus Synaptomys) From Nebraska

by J. Knox Jones

About the author

Born in 1929 and active for decades in zoology and higher education, he was known professionally as J. Knox Jones Jr. Reliable sources describe him as a mammalogist, professor, editor, and university administrator closely associated with Texas Tech University.

During his career, he published 14 books and roughly 350 journal articles, and he also served as an editor of The Journal of Mammalogy and the Texas Journal of Science. His work and leadership were important enough to be recognized in Texas historical and biographical references.

He died in 1992, leaving a legacy in both mammalogy and university life. For readers interested in scientific authors, he stands out as someone who combined serious research with long-term service to the institutions that supported it.