Louise H. Emmons

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Louise H. Emmons
Born (1943-08-23) 23 August 1943 (age 81)
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityAmerican
Known forThe 307-page opus Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide [1][2]
Scientific career
FieldsZoologist
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution

Louise H. Emmons is an American zoologist who studies tropical rainforest mammals, especially rodents. She has conducted fieldwork in Gabon, Sabah (Borneo), Peru, and Bolivia. Her best known work is the field guide, Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, first published in 1990, with a second edition in 1997.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Emmons, Louise H.; Feer, François (1990). Neotropical rainforest mammals. A field guide (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 281. ISBN 0-226-20716-1.
  2. ^ a b Emmons, Louise H.; Feer, François (1997-09-02). Neotropical rainforest mammals. A field guide (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-226-20721-6. OCLC 44179508.