Arthur H. Harris
{{short description|American mammalogist and paleontologist}}
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| alma_mater = University of New Mexico
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Arthur H. Harris is an American mammalogist and paleontologist.
Education
Arthur H. Harris spent his academic career at the University of New Mexico where he earned a Bachelor's degree in biology with a minor in anthropology (1958), a Master of Science in zoology with a minor in botany (1959) and a PhD in vertebrate zoology with a minor in geochronology in 1965.
Professional career
Harris began his career as an assistant professor of zoology at Ft. Hays Kansas State College. From there he relocated to The University of Texas at El Paso where he held the positions of assistant professor of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Biological Sciences. After his retirement from teaching, Harris was honored as Professor Emeritus, Biological Sciences.
Harris is Past Director of the Laboratory for Environmental Biology (now the UTEP Biodiversity Collections), Curator of Higher Vertebrates, and Curator of Vertebrate Paleobiology.{{cite web |title=Art Harris Bio |url=https://www.utep.edu/leb/curators/harris.htm |website=UTEP Biodiversity Collections |publisher=University of Texas at El Paso |accessdate=12 April 2020}} He is a Research Associate in the Museum of Southwestern Biology Division of Mammals.{{cite web |title=Associates of the Division of Mammals |url= https://msb.unm.edu/divisions/mammals/people/associates.html|date=2005 |website=University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology |accessdate=18 April 2020}}
Research
Harris's research is focused primarily on Pleistocene vertebrate faunal remains from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
= Pendejo Cave =
Harris completed a preliminary report on the fauna of the Pendejo Cave in 1991.{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Arthur H. |title=Preliminary report on the fauna of Pendejo Cave, Otero County, New Mexico |journal=Current Research in the Pleistocene |date=1991 |volume=8 |pages=92–93}} Subsequently, he prepared a review of the vertebrate fauna of the cave{{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Arthur H. |title=The vertebrate fauna from Pendejo Cave, Otero County, New Mexico |journal=Directorate of Environment, Cultural Resources Branch, U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center, Fort Bliss, TX. |date=1995 |pages=1–60}} and contributed this research for a section of Pendejo Cave.{{cite book|editor1-last=MacNeish|editor1-first=Richard|editor2-last=Libby|editor2-first=Jane|editor1-link=Richard MacNeish|title=Pendejo Cave|date=2004|publisher=University of New Mexico|isbn=978-0826324054|pages=36–65|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2tQLRHdQxD4C&q=75%2C000&pg=PA248|accessdate=18 April 2020}} Subsequently, both Harris and others have reworked the faunal list for the cave extensively to better reflect the time units and modifications of identifications since Pendejo Cave was published.{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Arthur H. |title=Pendejo Cave |url=https://www.utep.edu/leb/pleistNM/sites/pendejocave.htm |website=Pleistocene Vertebrates of Southwestern USA and Northwestern Mexico |publisher=University of Texas at El Paso |accessdate=18 April 2020}}
Awards
- NSF Graduate Fellowship (1959-1960){{cite book |title=The Ninth Annual Report of the National Science Foundation |date=1959 |publisher=The National Science Foundation |page=248 |url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1959/annualreports/ar_1959_appendix_f.pdf |accessdate=3 October 2018 |chapter=Fellowship Awards}}
- NSF Graduate Fellowship (1961-1962){{cite book |title=The Eleventh Annual Report of the National Science Foundation |date=1961 |publisher=The National Science Foundation |page=247 |url=https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1961/annualreports/ar_1961_appendix_e.pdf |accessdate=3 October 2018 |chapter=Fellowship Awards}}
Taxa
= Taxa named for Arthur H. Harris =
- Notiosorex harrisi Carraway 2010 (Soricomorpha, Soricidae){{cite journal |last1=Carraway |first1=Leslie N. |title=Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new fossil species |journal=Western North American Naturalist |date=2010-07-09 |volume=70 |issue= 2 |page=155|doi=10.3398/064.070.0202 |bibcode=2010WNAN...70..144C |s2cid=86042657 |url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2266&context=wnan |accessdate=12 April 2020|url-access=subscription }}
- Ashmunella harrisi Metcalf & Smartt 1977{{cite journal |last1=Metcalf |first1=Artie L. |title=Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Ana County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii Clapp complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae). |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |date=1977 |volume=90 |page=895 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120622#page/895/mode/1up |accessdate=12 April 2020}}
= Taxa described by Arthur H. Harris =
- Aztlanolagus agilis Russell & Harris 1986 (Lagomorpha, Leporidae)
- Neotoma findleyi Harris 1984
- Neotoma pygmaea Harris 1984
- Corvus neomexicanus Magish and Harris 1976
Selected publications
File:Arthur H. Harris Field Journal 1965.pdf
- Russell, Brett D., and Arthur H. Harris. 1986. A New Leporine (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from Wisconsinan Deposits of the Chihuahuan Desert.. In: Journal of Mammalogy 67(4):632-639, {{doi|10.2307/1381125}}.
- Harris, Arthur H., and Linda S. W. Porter. 1980. Late Pleistocene Horses of Dry Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico.. In: Journal of Mammalogy 61(1):46-65.t, {{doi|10.2307/1379956}}.
- Findley, James S., Arthur H. Harris, Don E. Wilson, and Clyde Jones. 1975. Mammals of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. 360 pp.
Harris has published extensively. See external links for more comprehensive sources.
Service
Harris communicated his research to the public through writing episodes of Desert Diaries, a series of radio shorts presented by the Centennial Museum and National Public Radio for the Southwest (KTEP) from 2001 to 2005.{{cite web |title=Desert Diaries Index |url=http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/indexpage.htm |website=KTEP's Desert Diary Web Pages |publisher=University of Texas at El Paso |accessdate=18 April 2020}}
He served as Managing Editor of The Southwestern Naturalist a publication of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists from 1978 to 1982.
References
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External links
- [http://arctos.database.museum/agent.cfm?agent_id=1008959&agent_name=Arthur%20H.%20Harris Arthur H. Harris Arctos Agent Page]
- [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arthur_Harris3 Research Gate profile]
- [https://www.utep.edu/leb/curators/harris.htm UTEP Profile]
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Category:American mammalogists
Category:American paleontologists
Category:University of New Mexico alumni
Category:University of Texas at El Paso faculty
Category:Fort Hays State University people