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James Dale Smith

A zoologist and mammalogist, this author is best known for scholarly work on bats, especially the family Mormoopidae. His research and reviews appeared in publications such as the Journal of Mammalogy, reflecting a career focused on classification and natural history.

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Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country

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

James Dale Smith was an American zoologist whose published work centered on mammals, especially bats. He wrote Systematics of the Chiropteran Family Mormoopidae in 1972, a specialist study that points to his strong interest in taxonomy and the relationships among species.

Published records also connect him with the University of Kansas and later with California State College, Fullerton. His name appears on research about the mammals of the Yucatán Peninsula and on articles in the Journal of Mammalogy, including work on bat nomenclature and review essays.

Because readily available biographical sources on him are limited, the public record is clearer about his research contributions than about his personal life. What stands out is a body of scientific writing devoted to mammalogy and bat systematics.