Louise H. Emmons
Louise H. Emmons | |
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| Born | 23 August 1943 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | The 307-page opus Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoologist |
| Institutions | National 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.