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Keith R. Kelson
A careful mammalogist whose work helped map and classify North American mammals, he is best remembered as the co-author of a landmark reference in the field.
5 Audiobooks
Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents
by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, Keith R. Kelson
Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rabbits
by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, Keith R. Kelson
A New Subspecies of Microtus montanus from Montana and Comments on Microtus canicaudus Miller
by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, Keith R. Kelson
Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores
by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall, Keith R. Kelson
The Subspecies of the Mexican Red-Bellied Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster
by Keith R. Kelson
About the author
Keith R. Kelson was an American mammalogist and zoologist whose name is closely tied to The Mammals of North America, the influential two-volume work he wrote with E. Raymond Hall in 1959. That book became a major reference for the study of North American mammals and is still the work he is most often associated with.
Records from Wikispecies, Wikidata, and obituary sources identify him as Keith Reynold Kelson (1918–2005). In addition to his research and writing, Wikidata describes him as having served as an associate director at the United States National Science Foundation.
Kelson’s published work focused on taxonomy, geographic distribution, and the classification of mammals. Even where biographical details are sparse, the lasting impression is clear: he helped build some of the scientific groundwork that later mammalogists continued to use.