Education

Ph.D. (Zoology): University of California, Berkeley, 1955
B.S. (Zoology): Utah State University, 1950

Research Interests

Robert Hoffmann's research has focused on Holarctic mammals. Due to poor health he has been unable to continue his recent research projects. He may be contacted through Richard Thorington at the above email address or phone number.

Recent Publications

Sokolov, V. E. and V. A. Arsen’ev. Scientific Eds., J. Mead and R. Hofffmann. 2006. Baleen Whales. Mammals of Russia and Adjacent Regions. Smithsonian Institution Libraries- Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt.Ltd. 1-282=283-317 biblio. Pp.

Jiang, X. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Geographic Variation and Biogeography of DeWinton’s Shrew Chodsigoa hypsibia (Insectivora: Soricidae), pp. 75-81 In J.F. Merritt, S. Churchfield, R. Hutterer and B.I. Sheftel, eds. Advances in the Biology of Shrews II. Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists, Number 01, New York. 454 pp.

Hoffmann, R. S., and A. T. Smith. 2005. Order Lagomorpha. Vol 1:185-211, in: Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 2 Volumes, 2141 pp.

Thorington, R. W., Jr., and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Vol 2:754-818, in: Mammal Species of the World, Third Edition (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 2 Volumes, 2141 pp.

Cardini, A., R. S. Hoffmann and R. W. Thorington, Jr. 2005. Morphological evolution in Marmots (Rodentia,Sciuridae): Size and shape of the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the cranium. Journal of Zoological Systematics, 43(3): 258-268.

Chernova, O. F., and R. S. Hoffmann. 2004. A comparative study of thin structure of Tenrec spines (Mammalia, Tenrecidae). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 83(2): 159-165 (in Russian, English summary).

Rickart, E. A., L. R. Heaney, and R. S. Hoffmann. 2004. First Record of Sorex tenellus from the Central Great Basin. Southwestern Naturalist, 49(1): 132-134.

Jiang, X. L., X. Wang, and R. S. Hoffmann. 2003. A review of the systematics and distribution of Asiatic Short-Tailed Shrew, genus Blarinella (Mammalia: Soricidae), Mammalian Biology, 68: 193-204.

Hoffmann, R. S. 2003. The Jesup Expedition and the Modernization of North Pacific Natural History, Pp. 201-209, in: Constructing Cultures: Then and Now. L. Kendall and I. Krupnik, Eds. Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 365 pp.

Baker, et al. 2003. Revised Checklist of North American Mammals North of Mexico, 2003. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University, No. 229, 23 pp.