Michael Dean Carleton
Michael Dean Carleton (27 December 1944 - ), U.S. mammalogist
- Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.
- Curator Emeritus of National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.
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1975
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Huckaby, D.G. 1975. A New Species of Peromyscus from Guatemala. Journal of Mammalogy 56(2): 444–451. DOI: 10.2307/1379373 Reference page.
1977
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1977. Interrelationships of populations of the Peromyscus boylii species group (Rodentia, Muridae) in western Mexico. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 675: 1–47. hdl: 2027.42/57111 Reference page.
1979
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Eshelman, R.E. 1979. A Synopsis of Fossil Grasshopper Mice, Genus Onychomys, and Their Relationships to Recent Species. Papers on Paleontology, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology 21: 1–63.
- Carleton, M.D. 1979. Taxonomic status and relationships of Peromyscus boylii from El Salvador. Journal of Mammalogy 60(2): 280–296. DOI: 10.2307/1379799 Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. & Myers, P. 1979. Karyotypes of Some Harvest Mice, Genus Reithrodontomys. Journal of Mammalogy 60: 307–313.
1980
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine–peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy with New World Cricetinae. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 157: 1–146. hdl: 2027.42/56401 Reference page.
1981
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1981. A Survey of Gross Stomach Morphology in Microtinae (Rodentia, Muroidea). Zeitschrift Fur Saugetierkunde 46(2): 93–108.
- Myers, P. & Carleton, M.D. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara’s “rat sixième ou rat à tarse noir”. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 161: 1–41. hdl: 2027.42/56405 Reference page.
1982
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1982. Distribution and systematics of Peromyscus (Mammalia:Rodentia) of Nayarit, Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 352: 1–46. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.352
1984
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1984. Chapter 9: Introduction to Rodents. In: Anderson, S. and Jones, J. K., Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp.255-265.
- Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1984. Chapter 11: Muroid Rodents. In: Anderson, S. and Jones, J. K., Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp.289-379.
1985
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Robbins, C.B. 1985. On the Status and Affinities of Hybomys planifrons (Miller, 1900) (Rodentia, Muridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(4): 956–1003. BHL Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. 1985. Macroanatomy. In: Tamarin, R. H., Biology of New World Microtus. pp.116-175.
1989
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1989. Systematics and Evolution. in Kirkland, D.L. & Layne, J. (eds.). Advances in the Study of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Texas Tech University Press: Lubbock. 367 pp. Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1989. Systematic studies of oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) : a synopsis of Microryzomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 191: 1–83. hdl: 2246/953 Reference page.
1991
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Martinez, C. 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(3): 419–435.
1993
edit- Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3085: 1–39. hdl: 2246/4982 Reference page.
1994
edit- Carleton, M.D. 1994. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): revision of the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3087: 1–55. hdl: 2246/4984 Reference page.
1995
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1995. Systematic studies of oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) - definition and distribution of Oligoryzomys vegetus (Bangs, 1902). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(2): 338–369. BHL Reference page.
1996
edit- Musser, G.G., Brothers, E.M., Carleton, M.D. & Hutterer, R. 1996. Taxonomy and Distributional Records of Oriental and European Apodemus, with a Review of the Apodemus-Sylvaemus Problem. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 46(1-4): 143–190.
- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1996. The rodents of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 85: 257–283.
- Goodman, S.M. & Carleton, M.D. 1996. The Rodents of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 85: 231–256.
- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1996. Systematic Studies of Madagascar's Endemic Rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A New Genus and Species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana Zoology 85: 231–256. BHL Reference page.
1997
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Van der Straeten, E. 1997. Morphological differentiation among Subsaharan and north African populations of the Lemniscomys barbarus complex (Rodentia : Muridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(4): 640–680.
1998
edit- Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. & Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 236: 1–376. hdl: 2246/1630 Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1998. New Taxa of Nesomyine Rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's Nnorthern Highlands, with Taxonomic Comments on Previously Described Forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90: 163–200. BHL Reference page.
- Goodman, S.M. & Carleton, M.D. 1998. The Rodents of the Reserve Speciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 90: 201–221.
1999
edit- Carleton, M.D., Fisher, R.D. & Gardner, A.L. 1999. Identification and distribution of cotton rats, genus Sigmodon (Muridae : Sigmodontinae), of Nayarit, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(4): 813–856.
- Carleton, M.D. & Olson, S.L. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256: 1–59. hdl: 2246/3097 Reference page.
- Goodman, S.M., Carleton, M.D. & Pidgeon, M. 1999. The Rodents of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 94: 217–249.
2000
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2000. Rodents of the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology 97: 231–263.
2001
edit- Carleton, M.D., Goodman, S.M. & Rakotondravony, D. 2001. A new species of tufted-tailed rat, genus Eliurus (Muridae: Nesomyinae), from western Madagascar, with notes on the distribution of E. myoxinus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114: 972–987. BHL Reference page.
2002
edit- Carleton, M.D., Sánchez, O. & Urbano Vidales, G. 2002. A new species of Habromys (Muroidea: Neotominae) from México, with generic review of species definitions and remarks on diversity patterns among Mesoamerican small mammals restricted to humid montane forests. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(3): 488–533. BHL Reference page.
2003
edit- Carleton, M.D., Musser, G.G. & Pavlinov, I.Ya. 2003. Myodes Pallas, 1811, is the valid name for the genus of red-backed voles. In: Averianov, A. O. and Abramson, N. I., Sytematics, Phylogeny and Paleontology of Small Mammals-- An International Conference Devoted to the 90th Anniversary of Prof. I. M. Gromov. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, pp.96-98.
2005
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Lawlor, T.E. 2005. Peromyscus from Santa Catalina Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico: taxonomic identities and biogeographic implications. Journal of Mammalogy 86(4): 814–825.
- Jenkins, P.D. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major's expedition to Madagascar, 1894 to 1896: beginnings of modern systematic study of the island's mammalian fauna. Journal of Natural History 39(20): 1779–1818.
- Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 2005. Order Rodentia. Pp. 745-752 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. & Stanley, W.T. 2005. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 619–646. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[619:ROTHDC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
2006
edit- O'Brien, C., McShea, W.J., Guimondou, S., Barriere, P. & Carleton, M.D. 2006. Terrestrial small mammals (Soricidae and Muridae) from the Gamba Complex in Gabon: species composition and comparison of sampling tecnhiques. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 353–363.
- Carleton, M.D. & Byrne, E.S. 2006. The status of Otomys orestes dollmani Heller, 1912 (Muridae: Otomyinae), a rodent described from the Mathews Range, central Kenya. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 477–515. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[477:TSOOOD]2.0.CO;2
- Carleton, M.D., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & Stanley, W.T. 2006. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(2): 293–325. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[293:ROTHDG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
2007
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2007. A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3547: 1–21. hdl: 2246/5834 Reference page.
2008
edit- Schmidt, D.F., Ludwig, C.A. 7 Carleton, M.D. 2008. The Smithsonian Institution African Mammal Project (1961-1972): An Annotated Gazetteer of Collecting Localities and Summary of Its Taxonomic and Geographic Scope. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 628: 1–320. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.628
2009
edit- Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. & Musser, G.G. 2009. A New Species of the Rodent Genus Oecomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) from Eastern Bolivia, with Emended Definitions of O. concolor (Wagner) and O. mamorae (Thomas). American Museum Novitates 3661: 1–32. DOI: 10.1206/612.1 ; hdl: 2246/5984 Reference page.
- Gardner, A.L. & Carleton, M.D. 2009. Chapter 5. A New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys. In Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 157–182. DOI: 10.1206/582-5.1 ; hdl: 2246/6035 Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 94–127. hdl: 2246/6035 Reference page.
- Carleton, M.D. 2009. They sort out like nuts and bolts: a scientific biography of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 4–32.
2010
edit- Ding, X., Leigh, C.M., Goodman, S.M., Bedford, J.M., Carleton, M.D. & Breed, W.G. 2010. Sperm morphology in the Malagasy rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae). Journal of Morphology 271(12): 1493–1500. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10889
2011
edit- Taylor, P.J., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Carleton, M.D., Verheyen, E., Bennett, N.C., Oosthuizen, C.J. & Maree, S. 2011. Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex. Zootaxa 3024: 1–66.
2012
edit- Carleton, M.D. & Stanley, W.T. 2012. Species limits within the Praomys delectorum group (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) of East Africa: a morphometric reassessment and biogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165(2): 420-469. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00817.x Reference page.
2014
edit- Carleton, M.D., Smeenk, C., Angermann, R. & Goodman, S.M. 2014. Taxonomy of nesomyine rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyidae: Nesomyinae): Designation of lectotypes and restriction of type localities for species-group taxa in the genus Nesomys Peters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 414–455. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.414
- Carleton, M.D., Gardner, A.L., Pavlinov, I.Ya. & Musser, G.G. 2014. The valid generic name for red-backed voles (Muroidea: Cricetidae: Arvicolinae): restatement of the case for Myodes Pallas, 1811. Journal of Mammalogy 95(5): 943–959. DOI: 10.1644/14-MAMM-A-004
2015
edit- Carleton, M.D., Banasiak, R.A. & Stanley, W.T. 2015. A new species of the rodent genus Hylomyscus from Angola, with a distributional summary of the H. anselli species group (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini). Zootaxa 4040(2): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.1. Reference page.
2019
edit- Iwama, R.E., Oceguera-Figueroa, A., Carleton, M.D., Manglicmot, C., Erséus, C., Miles, N. M-S., Siddall, M.E. & Kvist, S. 2019. Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae) in North America. Zootaxa 4671(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.1 Reference page.
- Jansa, S.A., Carleton, M.D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z. & Goodman, S.M. 2019. A review of the Eliurus tanala complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae), with description of a new species from dry forests of Western Madagascar. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 430: 1–69. hdl: 2246/6939 Reference page.