author
Philip H. (Philip Henry) Krutzsch
b. 1919
A zoologist and medical educator, he wrote closely observed studies of mammals and later helped build the University of Arizona College of Medicine. His work ranged from North American jumping mice to the reproductive biology of bats.
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North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus)
by Philip H. (Philip Henry) Krutzsch
About the author
Born in 1919, he was an American zoologist whose published work included North American Jumping Mice (Genus Zapus), a detailed study that remains the best-known book associated with his name. Library and public-domain catalog records identify him as Philip H. Krutzsch, and the book is preserved through Project Gutenberg and The Online Books Page.
Later in his career, he became known not only as a researcher but also as a medical educator. An obituary published in Arizona reports that he earned a master's degree in zoology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in anatomy at the University of Kansas. The same source says he was one of the founders of the University of Arizona College of Medicine in 1964 and served as the first chair of its Department of Anatomy.
He died in 2018. A species reference also identifies him as a U.S. zoologist, and his editorial work on Reproductive Biology of Bats shows the range of his scientific interests across mammalogy, anatomy, and reproduction.