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John O. Whitaker, Jr. obtained his BS and PhD degrees at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, receiving his PhD in 1962. He then came to Indiana State University, where he has spent his entire professional career. He was instrumental in starting the ISU Center for North American Bat Research and Conservation, and has been its director since its inception in 2005. He has spent 48 years studying the mammals of Indiana, with particular emphasis on their ectoparasites and food habits, with bat biology occupying much of his time for the past 25 years. He is author of The Audubon Field Guide to Mammals, Mammals of the Eastern United States (with W. J. Hamilton, Jr.), Mammals of Indiana (with R. E. Mumford), Ectoparasites of Mammals of Indiana, Mammals of the Northeastern United States, Field Guide to Mammals of Indiana, several chapters in books, and over 350 scientific papers. He coauthored “Bats of Indiana,” the first in a series of state bat books for the general public produced by the ISU Bat Center.

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