- Galen Rathbun
Galen B. Rathbun (1948-) is a biologist, noted as the co-discover of a new species of
elephant shrew .In 1964, Rathbun received an Associate of Arts degree in zoology from
College of San Mateo , inSan Mateo, California . He received his B.A. degree from Humboldt State University (California) in 1968. After receiving his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Nairobi inKenya in 1976, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at theSmithsonian National Zoological Park . His research interests include the behavioral ecology of vertebrates, conservation biology of declining species, and the application of innovative field techniques. Most of his career was as a federal research biologist studying Floridamanatee s and Californiasea otter s. Rathbun is currently a Research Associate and Honorary Fellow in the Department of Ornithology & Mammalogy of theCalifornia Academy of Sciences , and is a Scientist Emeritus with the U.S. Geological Survey. His recent research includes understanding the basic life history of California red-legged frogs and Pacific pond turtles, the impacts of cattle grazing on a community of small mammals in the San Joaquin Valley, and the evolution of monogamy in elephant-shrews (sengis) and dassie rats in Namibia (southwestern Africa). As the founding Chair of theAfrotheria Specialist Group of the IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Galen remains active in conservation biology. He is the author of over 100 technical publications.From 1967-70 he taught in Kenya with the
Peace Corps .Rathbun and Francesco Rovero of the Museum of Natural Sciences in
Trento ,Italy are set to publish their findings regarding a new specie of mammal in the February issue of the British "Journal of Zoology ". [cite web | url = http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOZBW8DMT3rHIv5uyWjQHU30edVw | title = Shrew's who: New mammal enters the book of life | publisher = AFP | author = | date = 2008-01-31 | accessdate = 2008-01-31]External links
* [http://research.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/grathbun.php Biography]
* [http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,1708958,00.html Time Magazine Quotation of the Day Feb. 1, 2008]References
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