William Bebb Richardson (29 February 1912,

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– 25 January 2006,

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) was an American mammalogist. The two mammalian species names for Richardson's mountain rat and Richardson's shrew mouse are associated with the mammalogist William Bebb Richardson; William Blaney Richardson was long dead at the time of the Archbold expedition. Richardson received his bachelor's degree in 1935 from the

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. He participated in the Archbold 1938–1939 expedition to New Guinea.

Associated eponyms for William Bebb Richardson

*''Microhydromys richardsoni'' –

Northern groove-toothed shrew mouse The northern groove-toothed shrew mouse (''Microhydromys richardsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. See also *William Bebb Richardson William Bebb Richardson (29 February 191 ...

(or Richardson's shrew mouse) *''Rattus richardsoni'' –

Glacier rat The glacier rat (''Rattus richardsoni'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the New Guinea Highlands near Puncak Trikora (=Mt. Wilhelmina) and Puncak Jaya (=Carstensz Pyramid), West Papua, Indonesia. Its altitudinal r ...

(or Richardson's mountain rat)

References

1912 births 2006 deaths American mammalogists University of California, Berkeley alumni Scientists from Pasadena, California People from Lindsay, California 20th-century American zoologists {{US-zoologist-stub