Arthur Holmes Howell (3 May 1872 – 10 July 1940) was an American zoologist most notable for his field work on mammals and birds in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, and Texas. Howell was born in Lake Grove, New York. In 1889, he became a member of the

American Ornithologists' Union The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its m ...

. By 1895, he accompanied Vernon Bailey as field assistant during surveys in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. Howell described several mammals and birds, including the gray bat, the

Cape Sable seaside sparrow The Cape Sable seaside sparrow (''Ammospiza maritima mirabilis'') is a subspecies of the seaside sparrow, a species of bird in the family Passerellidae native to the United States. This subspecies is endemic to southern Florida. It is designated ...

, and the

red-tailed chipmunk The red-tailed chipmunk (''Neotamias ruficaudus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada and Montana, Idaho and Washington in the United States. Description The red-tailed chipmunk ...

. In 1898, he visited

Great Gull Island Great Gull Island is a island separating the Long Island and Block Island sounds, located approximately southwest of Little Gull Island. Both islands are located in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, and lie roughly midway be ...

and confirmed the extinction of the

Gull Island vole The Gull Island vole (''Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus'') is an extinct subspecies of the meadow vole that was endemic to Great Gull and Little Gull Islands in New York. Extinction A ground-dwelling coastal beach grass herbivore, it pre ...

. Howell published 118 works, including ''Birds of Arkansas'' (1911), ''Birds of Alabama'' (1924), and ''Florida bird life'' (1932)

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American ornithologists American mammalogists 1872 births 1940 deaths Scientists from New York (state) People from Suffolk County, New York {{US-zoologist-stub

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