Outram Bangs (January 12, 1863 – September 22, 1932) was an American

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

Biography

Bangs was born in

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, as the second son of Edward and Annie Outram (Hodgkinson) Bangs. He studied at

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from 1880 to 1884, and became Curator of Mammals at the Harvard

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in 1900. He died at his summer home at

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Works

''The Florida Deer''
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10:25–28 (1896)
''The hummingbirds of the Santa Marta Region of Colombia''
American Ornithologists' Union, New York (1899)
''The Florida Puma''
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:15–17. (1899)
''The Mammals and Birds of the Pearl Islands, Bay of Panama''
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 46 (8) : 137–160 (1905) with

John Eliot Thayer John Eliot Thayer (April 3, 1862 – July 29, 1933) was an American amateur ornithologist. Early life Thayer was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 3, 1862. He was a son of Cornelia Paterson (née Van Rensselaer) Thayer (1823–1897) and N ...

''Notes on the Birds and Mammals of the Arctic Coast of East Siberia''
New England Zoological Club, Proceedings, 5 : 1–66 (1914) with

Glover Morrill Allen Glover Morrill Allen (February 8, 1879 – February 14, 1942) was an American zoology, zoologist. He was born at Walpole, New Hampshire, the son of Reverend Nathaniel Glover Allen and Harriet Ann (Schouler) Allen, and studied at Harvard University ...

and J. E. Thayer
''A Collection of Birds from the Cayman Islands''
Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin 60:301–320 (1916)

Associated eponyms

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Bangsia ''Bangsia'' is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are native to humid forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Bangsia'' was introduce in 1919 by the ornithologi ...

'' – Tanager genus *''Grallaria bangsi'' –

Santa Marta antpitta The Santa Marta antpitta (''Grallaria bangsi'') is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description The Sa ...

*''Syntheosciurus brochus'' –

Bangs's mountain squirrel Bangs's mountain squirrel (''Syntheosciurus brochus'') is a poorly known species of tree squirrel, that only lives in Costa Rica and Panama. It can be found in mountain rain forests at an altitude between , and lives mainly in the tree tops, but ...

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* * American ornithologists American taxonomists 1863 births 1932 deaths Harvard University alumni Harvard University staff People from Watertown, Massachusetts 19th-century American zoologists 20th-century American zoologists {{US-ornithologist-stub