Robert James Baker (8 April 1942–30 March 2018) was an American mammalogist.
Robert James Baker was born on 8 April 1942 in Warren, Arkansas to parents Laura Cooper and James Simeon Baker, who was killed during World War II.
[1] In 1979, Baker received the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor Award from Texas Tech University, which is its highest honor.
[2] In 1980 he received the C. Hart Merriam Award from the American Society of Mammalogists.
He married Jean Joyner on 19 August 1961, with one daughter resulting from this marriage.