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Stephen David Durrant
1902–1975
A longtime University of Utah zoologist, he became one of the key mammalogists of the American West, especially known for studying pocket gophers and other Great Basin rodents. His writing helped map and describe Utah’s mammal life with unusual care and detail.
3 Audiobooks
Three New Beavers from Utah
by Stephen David Durrant, Harold S. (Harold Samuel) Crane
Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah
by Stephen David Durrant, Richard M. Hansen, M. Raymond Lee
About the author
Born in Salt Lake City on October 11, 1902, Stephen David Durrant was an American mammalogist who spent more than four decades teaching zoology at the University of Utah. He was widely associated with the study of mammals in Utah and the Great Basin, and later served as president of the American Society of Mammalogists.
His research is especially linked to pocket gophers of the genus Thomomys and to the classification and distribution of western mammals. He also wrote Mammals of Utah, a work that reflects both his field experience and his lasting interest in the animals of the region.
Durrant died on November 11, 1975. Remembered as a leading figure in Utah mammalogy, he left behind both scientific publications and archival papers that document a long career in teaching, research, and natural history.