Curator
of Mammals. B.A. (1966) University of Massachusetts;
Ph.D. (1979) University of Michigan. Research
specialties: systematics and evolution of muroid
rodents. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Carleton has hosted 2 participants in the RTP:
Christine
Martinez (1988)
- project
summary
Ellen Schaefer (1988)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific publication resulted from their
collaboration:
-
Carleton, M.D. and C. Martinez. 1991.
Morphometric differentiation among West African
populations of the rodent genus Dasymys
(Muroidea: Murinae), and its taxonomic implications.
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
104: 419-435. - - ABSTRACT
Wildlife
Biologist, Biological Resources Division, U.S.G.S.,
National Biological Service, National Museum
of Natural History, Washington, D.C. M.S. (1965)
University of Arizona, Tucson; Ph.D. (1970) Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge. Research specialties:
systematic and karyotypic studies of Neotropical
mammals. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Gardner has hosted 9 participants in the RTP:
Hector
Angarita (2000)
- project
summary
Ivan Castro-Arellano (1995)
- project summary
Carolyn Ferrell (1989)
- project
summary
Michelle Knapp (2002)
- project
summary
Mary Jean Mund (1991)
- project
summary
Laura Panko (1988)
- project
summary
Christian Miguel Pinto (2004)
- project
summary
Elis
Silva (2007)
- project
summary
Jorge Uribe Juarez (1996)
- project summary
Three
(3) scientific publications and one (1) presentation
have resulted from their collaboration:
- Angarita,
H.E. 2001. Diferenciacion de los murciélagos
Platyrrhinus de Colombia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae).",
II Congreso Colombiano de Zoologia. -
- ABSTRACT
- Fonseca,
R. M. and C. M. Pinto. 2004. A New Lophostoma
(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Phyllostominae)
from the Amozonia of Ecuadore Species. Occasional
Papers, Museum of Texas Tech Univ. #242. - -
ABSTRACT
-
Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990.
Comments on the nomenclature of two genera and
two species of Neotropical bats. Bat Research
News 30(4): 65-66. - - ABSTRACT
-
Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990.
Comments on the nomenclature of some Neotropical
bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proceedings of
the Biological Society of Washington 103(3):
501-508. - - ABSTRACT
Curator
of Mammals. Marine
Mammal Program. B.A. (1965) Yale College;
M.A. (1972) University of Texas; Ph.D. (1972)
University of Chicago. Research specialties: evolution
and interrelationships of cetaceans; functional
anatomy, distribution, and biology of cetaceans
in the western and northern Atlantic. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Mead has hosted 3 participants in the RTP:
Malik
Menefee (1993)
- project
summary
Amanda Newsom (2002)
- project
summary
Tawney Seaton (1999)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific presentation resulted from their
collaboration:
- Menefee,
M. 1993. Phylogenetic implications of the
facial morphology of the sperm whales (Cetaceae:
Odontocedi: Physeteridae). Proceedings from
the 10th Biannual Conference on the Biology
of Marine Mammals, Galveston, Texas, November
1993. Abstract: p.76. - - ABSTRACT
Curator
of Mammals. B.A. (1959) Princeton University;
M.A. (1963), Ph.D. (1964) Harvard University.
Research specialties: systematics, ecology,
and anatomy of squirrels and New World monkeys;
studies of form and function; allometry and
morphometrics; flying
squirrel project. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project: Examination of anatomical
features of African and Asian tree squirrels
in a search for evidence that arboreality evolved
more than once among tree squirrels.
Dr.
Thorington has hosted 13 participants in the
RTP and 1 RET participant:
Aimee
Betts (1994)
- project
summary
David Ellenberger (1992)
- project
summary
Teresa Friedrich (1995)
- project summary
Leo Gueriguian (1993)
- project
summary
John Hammond (2002 RET) - project
summary
Jason Kaufman (1996)
- project summary
James Nieh (1989)
- project
summary
Nick
Rasmussen (2006)
- project
summary
Benjamin
Salisbury (1991)
- project
summary
Richard Schneider (1990)
- project
summary
Shannon Schwaller (2001)
- project
summary
Adrienne Sussman (2004)
- project
summary
Ho Jung Yoo (1991)
- project
summary
Two
(2) scientific publications and one (1) scientific
presentation resulted from their collaboration:
-
Runestad, J.A., C.B. Ruff, J.C. Nieh,
R.W. Thorington and M. Teaford. 1993. Estimation
of cross-sectional geometric properties from
biplanar radiographs in long bone diaphyses
of smaller mammalian species. American Journal
of Physical Anthropology 90: 207-213. - -
ABSTRACT
-
Thorington, R.W., Jr., K. Darrow, and A.D.K.
Betts. 1997. Comparative myology of the
forelimb of squirrels (Sciuridae). Journal
of Morphology 234: 155-182. - - ABSTRACT
-
Thorington, R.W., K. Darrow, and A. K.
Betts. 1995. Jaw musculature of African
squirrels. Abstract. American Society of Mammalogists
75th Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont,
June 1995. - - ABSTRACT
Senior
Scientist. B.S. (1965) University of Arizona;
M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) University of New Mexico.
Research specialties: evolutionary biology of
mammals, especially bats; Mammal
Species of the World Project. Science Unit:
Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Wilson has hosted 7 participants in the RTP:
Alex
Borissenko (1993)
- project
summary
Miguel Fernandez (2003)
- project
summary
Carolyn Ferrell (1989)
- project
summary
Kristofer Helgen (2000)
- project
summary
Susanne Lassieur (1988)
- project
summary
Juan
Andres Martinez (2006)
- project
summary
Angela
Skeeles (2002)
- project
summary
Ten
(10) scientific publications resulted from their
collaboration and one (1) presentation:
- Fernandez,
M., H. Hamilton, S. Reichle, D. Wilson,
R. Heyer, and R. McDiarmid. 2003. Verificando
un modelo predictivo de distribucion para anfibios
en Bolivia. Décimo Encuentro Latinoamericano
de Usuarios de Tecnologías de Información
Geográfica, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September
2003.
- Ferrell,
C.S. and D.E. Wilson. 1991. Platyrrhinus
helleri. Mammalian Species 373: 1-5. - -
ABSTRACT
-
Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990.
Comments on the nomenclature of two genera and
two species of Neotropical bats. Bat Research
News 30(4): 65-66. - - ABSTRACT
-
Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990.
Comments on the nomenclature of some Neotropical
bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proceedings of
the Biological Society of Washington 103(3):
501-508. - - ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K.M. 2001. First record of Rattus rattus
in Botswana. Mammalian Biology 66:60-62. - -
ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2001. Additional material
of the enigmatic golden-mole, Cryptochloris
zyli, with notes on the genus Cryptochloris
(Mammalia, Chrysochloridae). African Zoology
36: 110-112. - - ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2002. The bats of
Flores, Indonesia, with remarks on Asian Tadarida.
Brevoria 511: 1-12. - - ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2002. The history
of the raccoons of the West Indies. The Journal
of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society
XLVIII: 1-11. - - ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2003. Taxonomic status
and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon
spp.) of the West Indies. The Zoological
Society of London 259: 69-76. - - ABSTRACT
- Helgen,
K. M., and D. E. Wilson. 2005. A systematic
and zoogeographic overview of the raccoons of
Mexico and Central America. Pp. 219-234, in
Sanchez-Cordero, V., and R. Medellin, eds. Contribuciones
Mastozoologicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa.
Instituto de Biologia e Instituto de Ecologia,
UNAM., Mexico city. 500 pp.
- Lassieur,
S. and D.E. Wilson. 1989. Lonchorhina
aurita. Mammalian Species 347: 1-4. - -
ABSTRACT
Research
Zoologist and Curator of Mammals. B.A. (1980)
Earlham College; M.S. (1982) University of Iowa;
M.Phil. (1986), Ph.D. (1992) University of Kansas.
Research specialties: taxonomy, systematics, biogeography,
and phylogenetics of mammals; Soricidae (shrews);
tropical mammal communities. Science Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project: Comparative
study of fore foot and hind foot morphology to
delineate evolutionary relationships among the
Soricidae; Morphological variation and patterns
of breakage in the baculum of the walrus.
Dr.
Woodman hosted 1 participant in the RTP:
James
Morgan (2004)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific publications resulted from their
collaboration:
Woodman,
N., and J.P.Morgan. 2005. Skeletal morphology
of the forefoot in shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae)
of the genus Cryptotis, as revealed by
digital x-rays. Journal of Morphology 266:60–73.
Mammals
Advisors
Archive
The
following have previously hosted students in
the Research Training Program, but are either
no longer in residence at the Museum or are
otherwise unavailable to host new students.
Deceased
(8 June 2000). Former Curator of Mammals. Research
specialties: systematics, distribution, ecology,
and natural history of mammals of the western
hemisphere.
Dr.
Handley hosted 9 participants in the RTP:
Robert
Anderson (1993)
- project
summary
Heather Briggs (1989)
- project
summary
Pablo Jarrin (1997)
- project
summary
Corrine Lutz (1988)
- project
summary
Rut Rivera (1999)
- project
summary
James Skoy (1998)
- project
summary
Kerry Thomson (1990)
- project
summary
Joe Tien (1996)
- project
summary
Moritz Weinbeer (1998)
- project
summary
Senior
Scientist, Division of Mammals. B.A. (1950)
Utah State University; M.A. (1954), Ph.D. (1955)
University of California, Berkeley. Research
specialties: systematics and evolution of Holarctic
mammals (North America, northern Eurasia (Russia,
China)); insectivores, rodents, ungulates. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
Sample
project: Annotated checklist
and distribution atlas of Holarctic mammals.
Dr.
Hoffmann hosted 1 participant in the RTP:
Tatiana
Mikhailova (1997)
- project summary
One
(1) scientific publication resulted from their
collaboration:
-
Mikhailova, T.B. 2001. Cartographic
analysis of red fox distribution in European
Russia. Moscow Inst. Geography 5(6): 26-33.
- - ABSTRACT
