Robert William Hayman
Robert William Hayman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 1985 (aged 79–80) |
| Known for | Research on African bats; taxonomic classification of mammals |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | Natural History Museum, London |
Robert William Hayman (1905 – 1985) was a British zoologist.
Biography
Hayman served as the head of the Mammal Section at the Natural History Museum, London from 1921 to 1968. He published several significant works on African bats and identified a number of mammal genera and species, contributing to the advancement of mammalian taxonomy.[1][2][3]
Taxa described
- Delanymys brooksi
- Glauconycteris machadoi
- Hipposideros jonesi
- Liberiictis kuhni
- Micropteropus intermedius
- Neopteryx frosti
- Otomops secundus
- Paraxerus cooperi
- Paraxerus vincenti
- Pelomys hopkinsi
- Rhinopoma macinnesi
- Steatomys jacksoni
Species named in his honour
- Dendromus haymani (Hatt, 1934)
Selected publications
- Hayman et al. (1966). The bats of the Congo and of Rwanda and Burundi. Annales du Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium, No. 154.
- Hayman and Hill (1971). Order Chiroptera. In The Mammals of Africa: An Identification Manual. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ "International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780801893049.
- ^ Monadjem, Ara; Taylor, Peter John; Cotterill, Woody; Schoeman, M. Corrie (2001). Bats of Southern and Central Africa. Wits University Press. ISBN 9781868145089.