Robert William Hayman
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Robert William Hayman (1905 – 1985) was a British zoologist.
Born1905
Died1985 (aged 79–80)
KnownforResearch on African bats; taxonomic classification of mammals
FieldsZoology
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 |
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
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.