Robert James Baker (1942-2018), Obituary

First paragraph: On 30 March 2018, the science of mammalogy and the American Society of Mammalogists lost one of the most influential figures of the last half-century. Robert James Baker died quietly at his home in Lubbock, Texas (Fig. 1). He was born on 8 April 1942 to James Simeon Baker and Laura Cooper in Warren, Arkansas. His father was killed during World War II and his mother remarried, resulting in his growing up with six half-siblings. According to Robert’s autobiography in Going afield (330—number refers to specific publication in “Bibliography”), he spent a good deal of his youth with his grandparents on a 100-acre farm in the West Gulf Coastal Plain of southeastern Arkansas. He identified his maternal grandmother, “Grandma Rosie,” as his best friend and his greatest influence during these years. His marriage to Jean Joyner on 19 August 1961 ended in divorce in 1975, but the marriage resulted in a daughter, April Baker-Padilla, and two grandchildren, Jason Baker and Faith Padilla. Robert was married to his wife of 39 years, Laura Kyle (M.D.), on 28 May 1978 in Lubbock. Their son, Robert Kyle Baker, preceded his father in death, which was a tragedy from which neither Robert nor Laura ever completely recovered

Systematics of Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus) in Texas and adjacent states /

no.45 (1977

The non-volant mammals of the Galveston Bay Region, Texas /

no.194 (1999

Notes on bats from the Mexican state of Queretaro

Volume: 72Start Page: 90End Page: 9

Mice of the Genus \u3ci\u3ePeromyscus\u3c/i\u3e in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas

Mice of the genus Peromyscus are found in virtually every habitat type in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas. Because of their abundance and wide distribution, they comprise an important component of the park\u27s ecosystem. The first known specimens of Peromyscus from the area now included in the park were collected by Vernon Bailey in 1901 (Bailey, 1905). He collected specimens of Peromyscus boyIii in Dog and McKittrick canyons. Davis (1940) collected P. leucopus at Frijole in 1938 and P. boylii in The Bowl in 1938 and 1939. Davis and Robertson (1944) reported collecting P. pectoralis from along Bell Creek in 1938. A previously unreported specimen of P. diijicilis collected in 1901 by Vernon Bailey in McKittrick Canyon was recently reported by Diersing and Hoffmeister (1974). During a survey of mammals of Guadalupe Mountains National Park conducted from June 1973 to August 1975, specimens of seven species of Peromyscus were obtained. In addition to the four previously reported species, specimens of P. eremicus, P. maniculatus, and P. truei were collected. We are not aware of any other place where seven species of Peromyscus occur in such a small area. Genoways et al. (1979) presented general distributional, ecological, and faunal information for all mammals occurring in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. In the present report the use of morphometries and karyology as methods of identification of deer mice in the park are discussed, and the distribution and ecology of deer mice are described in greater detail than they were in Genoways et al. (1979)

Chromosomal and morphological variation in the plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius, in Texas and adjacent states /

no.58 (1979

Taxonomic review of the pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus (Le Conte) /

no.18 (1982

The non-volant mammals of the Galveston Bay region, Texas

Volume: 194Start Page: 1End Page: 2

Obituary: Terry Lamon Yates, 1950-2007.

On December 11, 2007, the science of mammalogy lost one of its most valued and influential leaders. Terry Lamon Yates succumbed to complications of treatments for an aggressive form of brain cancer after a brief but courageous fight. He was born on March 17, 1950, in Mayfield, Kentucky, the older son of Ellen Wanda Byrd and William Hanley Yates. Terry’s only sibling was a brother, Johnny. He is survived by his wife Nancy Fennell Yates, his two sons, Brian Christopher and Michael Ryan, and daughter-in-law Laura Manchéno Macia