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Richard A. Smartt is an American Wildlife Biologist.

Education
Richard A. "Rick" Smartt spent his academic career at the University of New Mexico where he earned a Ph.D. in Zoology and Botany in 1976.

Professional Career
Dr. Smartt taught at the University of Texas at El Paso from 1977 to 1983. Following teaching, he accepted a position at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science where he served as Chair of the Science Division, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology as Director. Later he served as Executive Director of the Wildlife Experience near Denver Colorado prior to it's donation to the University of Colorado South Denver.

Research
Dr. Smartt's PhD work compared the ecological structure of a rodent assemblage with the morphological makeup of the rodent community.

Taxa named after Richard A. Smartt

 * need need (Soricomorpha, Soricidae)

Taxa described by Richard A. Smartt

 * Ashmunella harrisi Metcalf & Smartt 1977

Selected Publications

 * 1973. Cryptotis parva from the Pleistocene of New Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 54:512-513. with Arthur H. Harris and William R. Smartt.
 * 1977. Two new species of Ashmunella from Dona Aña County, New Mexico, with notes on the Ashmunella kochii complex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(4):849-876 with Artie L. Metcalf
 * 1997. Land snails of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 10:1-145 with Artie L. Metcalf (eds)