HUNTER, Joseph Slayton
HUNTER, Joseph Slayton (1879-1972), Nebraska-born mammalogist, Hunter was one of eight participants in the California Academy of Sciences expedition to the Galapagos in 1905-1906 aboard the Academy. Enroute to Ecuador, the expedition stopped and collected on the Baja California islands of: San Martin, San Geronimo, San Benito, Cedros, and Natividad, in addition to San Benedicto, Socorro and Clipperton islands.
After Hunter returned, he spent the next 42 years working for the California Fish and Game Commission, becoming head of the California State Bureau of Game Conservation when it was recognized in 1935.
Hunter died at the age of 92 in San Mateo, California.
Joseph Slayton Hunter = Marion Tanner Hunter (c. 1886-1964) Skylawn Memorial Gardens
- 1. Robert Cushman Hunter (1912-1995)
- 2. Walter S. Hunter (1915-2010)
The 1905-1906 California Academy of Sciences Galapagos expedition visited multiple Baja California islands, including:
- Isla San Martin, July 11, 1905
- Isla Geronimo, July 13, 1905
- Isla San Benito, July 14-17, 1905
- Isla Cedros, July 18, 1905
- Isla Natividad, July 19, 1905
Expedition participants included:
- Rollo Howard Beck (1870-1950), vessel master and ornithologist
- Edward Winslow Gifford (1887-1959
- Joseph Slayton Hunter (1879-1972 ), mammalogist
- Ernest Samuel King (1886-1948), herpetology assistant
- Frederick T. Nelson, Mate
- Washington Henry Ochsner, (1882-1927), geologist and conchologist
- J. J. Parker, navigator (didn't return with the vessel, having left over accusations of incompetence.)
- J. R. Slevin (1881-1957), assistant herpetologist
- Alban Stewart (1875-1940), botanist
- James White, cook
- Francis Xavier Williams (1882-1967), entomologist
Hunter collected on:
- ISLA SAN MARTIN (1905)
- ISLAS SAN BENITO (1905)
- ISLA NATIVIDAD (1905)
- ISLA CEDROS (1905)
ISLAS SAN BENITO
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Islas San Benito | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 14, 1905 | MVZ-35053 | Passerculus sandwichensis sanctorum | Birds |
| Islas San Benito | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 14, 1905 | MVZ-35054 | Passerculus sandwichensis sanctorum | Birds |
ISLA SAN MARTIN
| ISLAND | COLLECTOR | INSTITUTION | DATE | NUMBER | SPECIMEN | |
| Isla San Martin | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 10, 1905 | CAS-2349 | Phalacrocorax auritus albociliatus | Birds |
| Isla San Martin | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 11, 1905 | CAS-2023 | Ardea herodias hyperonca | Birds |
| Isla San Martin | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 11, 1905 | CAS-2904 | Pandion haliaetus carolinensis | Birds |
| Isla San Martin | J. S. Hunter | CAS | July 11, 1905 | CAS-2906 | Pandion haliaetus carolinensis | Birds |
