Oldfield Thomas




Not to be confused with Thomas Oldfield.




































Oldfield Thomas

Portrait of Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas - ZooKeys-255-103-g003-bottom right.jpeg
Painting by Walter Stoneman

Born
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas
21 February 1858
Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England
Died
16 June 1929(1929-06-16) (aged 71)
Nationality
British
Known for
Mammalogy

Scientific career
Fields
Zoology
Institutions
Natural History Museum
Author abbrev. (zoology)
Thomas


Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS FZS (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist.[1][2][3]




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Taxonomic descriptions


    • 2.1 Higher ranks


    • 2.2 Genera


    • 2.3 Species




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career


Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appointed to the Museum Secretary's office in 1876, transferring to the Zoological Department in 1878. In 1891 Thomas married Mary Kane, daughter of Sir Andrew Clark, heiress to a small fortune, which gave him the finances to hire mammal collectors and present their specimens to the museum. He also did field work himself in western Europe and South America. His wife shared his interest in natural history, and accompanied him on collecting trips.[2] In 1896 when William Henry Flower took control of the department he hired Richard Lydekker to rearrange the exhibitions,[4] allowing Thomas to concentrate on these new specimens.[5][6] Officially retired from the museum in 1923, he continued his work without interruption. Although popular rumours suggested he died by shooting himself with a handgun while sitting at his museum desk,[7] he actually died at home[8] in 1929, aged 71, about a year after the death of his wife, "a severe blow from which he never recovered".[2]



Taxonomic descriptions



Higher ranks




  1. Deomyinae

  2. Desmanini

  3. Myzopodidae

  4. Ochotonidae

  5. Phalangeroidea

  6. Procaviidae




Genera




  1. Aethalops

  2. Aethomys

  3. Ammodillus

  4. Ammodorcas

  5. Anisomys

  6. Anthops



  8. Batomys

  9. Beamys

  10. Belomys

  11. Blarinella

  12. Brachiones

  13. Bunomys



  15. Caenolestes

  16. Callicebus

  17. Calomyscus

  18. Caloprymnus

  19. Cannomys

  20. Carpomys

  21. Casinycteris

  22. Chiromyscus

  23. Chiruromys

  24. Choeroniscus

  25. Chrotogale

  26. Chrotomys

  27. Cistugo

  28. Cloeotis

  29. Clyomys

  30. Colomys

  31. Crateromys

  32. Crossomys

  33. Crunomys

  34. Cynomops

  35. Cyttarops



  37. Dacnomys

  38. Damaliscus

  39. Deomys

  40. Dephomys

  41. Desmodillus

  42. Desmomys

  43. Diomys

  44. Diplogale

  45. Diplomys

  46. Diplothrix

  47. Dologale

  48. Dromiciops

  49. Dryomys



  51. Epixerus

  52. Eupetaurus

  53. Euxerus



  55. Galeopterus

  56. Gerbilliscus

  57. Glaucomys

  58. Glironia

  59. Glirulus

  60. Glyphonycteris

  61. Glyphotes

  62. Grammomys



  64. Hadromys

  65. Haeromys

  66. Harpiola

  67. Harpyionycteris

  68. Hybomys

  69. Hylochoerus

  70. Hylomyscus

  71. Hylonycteris

  72. Hylopetes

  73. Hyomys



  75. Ia

  76. Ichthyomys

  77. Iomys



  79. Laephotis

  80. Lariscus

  81. Leggadina

  82. Lemmiscus

  83. Lenomys

  84. Leporillus

  85. Leptomys

  86. Lichonycteris

  87. Lionycteris

  88. Lonchophylla

  89. Lonchothrix



  91. Mallomys

  92. Mastacomys

  93. Mastomys

  94. Melanomys

  95. Melomys

  96. Menetes

  97. Mesophylla

  98. Microdillus

  99. Microgale

  100. Microryzomys

  101. Millardia

  102. Mimetillus

  103. Muriculus

  104. Mylomys

  105. Myoprocta

  106. Myosciurus

  107. Myotomys



  109. Neacomys

  110. Nesoromys



  112. Octomys

  113. Oecomys

  114. Oenomys

  115. Oreonax

  116. Otomops



  118. Parotomys

  119. Peroryctes

  120. Petaurillus

  121. Petinomys

  122. Petromyscus

  123. Pharotis

  124. Philetor

  125. Platalina

  126. Platymops

  127. Poecilogale

  128. Praomys

  129. Proedromys

  130. Pteralopex

  131. Pteromyscus



  133. Rhabdomys

  134. Rheomys

  135. Rhynchogale

  136. Rhynchomys



  138. Sciurillus

  139. Scleronycteris

  140. Scotinomys

  141. Scotoecus

  142. Scutisorex

  143. Sminthopsis

  144. Solomys

  145. Stochomys

  146. Surdisorex

  147. Sylvisorex



  149. Taterillus

  150. Thallomys

  151. Thamnomys



  153. Vampyressa

  154. Vampyriscus

  155. Vampyrodes



  157. Xeromys



  159. Zyzomys




Species




  1. Admiralty flying fox

  2. Asian particolored bat

  3. Azores noctule

  4. Bare-tailed armored tree-rat

  5. Beatrix's bat

  6. Bibundi bat

  7. Birdlike noctule

  8. Bonthain rat

  9. Brooks's dyak fruit bat

  10. Dark-brown serotine

  11. Dayak fruit bat

  12. Desert woodrat

  13. Egyptian pipistrelle

  14. Ethiopian hare

  15. Euryoryzomys macconnelli

  16. Forrest's pika

  17. Buller's pocket gopher

  18. Great evening bat

  19. Greater bamboo bat

  20. Greater Papuan pipistrelle

  21. Greater sheath-tailed bat

  22. Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat

  23. Hairy-footed flying squirrel

  24. Harpy fruit bat

  25. Hinde's lesser house bat

  26. Holochilus chacarius

  27. Hylomyscus aeta

  28. Indonesian mountain weasel

  29. Intermediate long-fingered bat

  30. Isabelle's ghost bat

  31. Junín red squirrel

  32. Korean hare

  33. Lagos serotine

  34. Large Luzon forest rat

  35. Lesser long-fingered bat

  36. Light-winged lesser house bat

  37. Long-tailed planigale

  38. Bengal slow loris

  39. Javan slow loris

  40. Luzon hairy-tailed rat

  41. Maclear's rat

  42. Goeldi's marmoset

  43. Melanomys robustulus

  44. Mindomys hammondi

  45. Miniopterus manavi

  46. Monito del monte

  47. Mount Popa pipistrelle

  48. Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

  49. White-bellied woolly mouse opossum

  50. Woolly mouse opossum

  51. Mouse-like hamster

  52. Neacomys guianae

  53. Neacomys spinosus

  54. Neacomys tenuipes

  55. Nectomys magdalenae

  56. Nephelomys auriventer

  57. Nephelomys caracolus

  58. Nephelomys childi

  59. Nephelomys levipes

  60. Nephelomys meridensis

  61. Nesoryzomys indefessus

  62. New Guinea long-eared bat

  63. Oecomys flavicans

  64. Oecomys mamorae

  65. Oecomys paricola

  66. Oecomys phaeotis

  67. Oecomys rex

  68. Oecomys roberti

  69. Oecomys superans

  70. Oligoryzomys arenalis

  71. Oligoryzomys victus

  72. Opossum rat

  73. Oreoryzomys balneator

  74. Oryzomys peninsulae

  75. Parahydromys asper

  76. Paruromys dominator

  77. Persian vole

  78. Pratt's roundleaf bat

  79. Proechimys roberti

  80. Pygmy fruit bat

  81. Sculptor squirrel

  82. Scutisorex somereni

  83. Southern common cuscus

  84. Sphaerias blanfordi

  85. Spinifex hopping mouse

  86. Strange big-eared brown bat

  87. Sturdee's pipistrelle

  88. Sulawesi giant rat

  89. Surat serotine

  90. Szechwan myotis

  91. Taiwan field mouse

  92. Thomas's yellow bat

  93. Tiny pipistrelle

  94. Velvety fruit-eating bat

  95. Western broad-nosed bat

  96. White-bellied lesser house bat

  97. White-tipped tufted-tailed rat

  98. Woolly flying squirrel

  99. Woolly-headed spiny tree-rat

  100. Zygodontomys brunneus

  101. Zyzomys argurus




References





  1. ^ "Thomas, Oldfield". Who's Who. 59. A & C Black. 1907. p. 1737..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abc Haddon, Alfred Cort (1929). "MR. M. R. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S". Nature. 124 (3116): 101–102. doi:10.1038/124101a0. ISSN 0028-0836.


  3. ^ Haddon, Albert Cort (9 May 1901). "M. R. Oldfield Thomas". Nature. 64 (1645): 37–38. doi:10.1038/064038a0.


  4. ^ The Natural History Museum at South Kensington, William T. Stearn
    ISBN 0-434-73600-7


  5. ^ Oldfield Thomas, Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) Dept of Zoology (1888), Taylor and Francis, London Catalogue of the Marsupialia... full text retrieved 21 March 2007


  6. ^ Oldfield Thomas F. R. S., The History of the Collections Contained in the Natural History Departments of the British Museum Vol. II, Separate Historical accounts of the Historical Collections included in the Department of Zoology, I. Mammals,(1906) William Clowes and Sons Ltd. London. retrieved 21 March 2007 The History of the Collections..." full text


  7. ^ Flannery, T. (6 November 2012). Among the Islands: Adventures in the Pacific. Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8021-9404-6. OCLC 793838823. Retrieved 2013-06-09.


  8. ^ Portch, Lorraine (18 November 2015). "Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas – a resolved ending to a suicide mystery". London: Blogs from the Natural History Museum.




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