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Sydney Anderson
1927–2018
A leading American mammalogist, museum curator, and teacher, he helped shape modern research on mammals of the Americas. His fieldwork, collections, and collaborations—especially in Bolivia—left a lasting mark on zoology.
7 Audiobooks
Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua
by Sydney Anderson, J. Knox Jones
Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas
by Sydney Anderson
The Baculum in Microtine Rodents
by Sydney Anderson
Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado
by Sydney Anderson
Neotropical Bats from Western México
by Sydney Anderson
Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
by Sydney Anderson
About the author
Born in Topeka, Kansas, on January 11, 1927, Sydney “Syd” Anderson became one of the most respected mammalogists of his generation. He studied at the University of New Mexico and later completed his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas, building a career around field research, museum collections, and careful taxonomic work.
Anderson worked at the University of Kansas before joining the American Museum of Natural History, where he served for many years as Curator of Mammalogy and also chaired the Department of Mammalogy. He was especially known for research on North and South American mammals, and for major collecting work in places including Chihuahua, Mexico and Bolivia.
Colleagues remembered him as both a serious scientist and a generous mentor. He played an important role in the growth of mammalogy in Bolivia, had several species named in his honor, and remained influential in the field long after his formal retirement. He died on August 12, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama.