Education

Ph.D.: University of New Mexico, 1970
M.S.: University of New Mexico, 1967
B.S.: University of Arizona, 1965

Research Interests

I am interested in mammalian evolution and classification in general, spurred primarily by 2 decades of shepherding "Mammal Species of the World" through 2 editions. A career-long fascination with bats continues unabated, and a smattering of my research time is devoted to various aspects of chiropteran biology. My current major project involves the production of an 8-volume treatise entitled "Handbook of Mammals of the World." The first volume, covering Carnivores, was published by Lynx Edicions in 2009. The second volume, on hoofed mammals, appeared in 2011. I also retain an interest in the mammals of North America, which began with "The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals," and continued through 2 editions of the Princeton Field Guide to North American Mammals. Using text and photos from those 2 publications, we spun off a website devoted to North American Mammals and there is now an I-phone application as well.

Recent Publications

Moratelli, Ricardo and Wilson, Don E. 2013. Distribution and natural history of Myotis lavali (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy, doi:10.1644/12-MAMM-A-257.1

Larsen, Roxanne J., Knapp, Michelle C., Genoways, Hugh H., Khan, Faisal Ali Anwarali, Larsen, Peter A., Wilson, Don E. and Baker, Robert J. 2012. Genetic Diversity of Neotropical Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with an Emphasis on South American Species. Plos One, 7(10): 1-9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046578

Wilson, Don E. and Murariu, Dumitru T. 2011. Review of: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Journal of mammalogy, 92(2): 474-475.

Moratelli, Ricardo and Wilson, Don E. 2011. The identity of Myotis punensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Zoologia, 28(1): 115-121.

Wilson, Don E., Young, Richard and Amori, Giovanni 2011. Formation of the Small Mammal Specialist Group. Species, 53: 30

Wilson, Don E. and Timm, Robert M. 2011. Robert S. Hoffmann: 1929–2010. Journal of Mammalogy, 92(2): 460-473.

Moratelli, Ricardo and Wilson, Don E. 2011. A new species of Myotis Kaup, 1829 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Ecuador. Mammalian Biology, 76(5): 608-614.

Cole, F. R. and Wilson, Don E. 2010. Microtus miurus. Mammalian Species, 42(855): 75-89.

Wilson, Don E. 2010. Review of: The Eponym dictionary of mammals. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 17(2): 149

Wilson, Don E. and Hanlon, Elizabeth 2010. Lemur catta. Mammalian Species, 42(854): 58-74.

Wilson, Don E. 2010. Review of: What's in a Name?. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 17(2): 149-150.

Wilson, Don E. and Mittermeier, Russell A. (eds.) 2009. Handbook of the Mammals of the World Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. 727 pages.

Kays, R.W. and Wilson, D.E. 2009. Mammals of North America, Second Edition Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 248 pages.

Oprea, Monik, Aguliar, Ludmilla and Wilson, Don E. 2009. Anoura Caudifer. Mammalian Species, 844: 1-8.

Wilson, Don E. 2009. Class MAMMALIA (MAMMALS). In: Wilson, Don E. and Mittermeier, Russell A., Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp.17-47.

Bowers, K. W. and Wilson, Don E. 2009. Review of: El Desierto en una Vitrina: Museos e historia natural en la Argentina, 1810-1890. Museum History Journal, 2(2): 211-214.

Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin, Polaco, Oscar J., Wilson, Don E. and Gardner, Alfred L. 2009. Nuevos Registros de Murcielagos Para el Estado de Nayarit, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Mastozoología, 12: 141-162.

Cole, F. R. and Wilson, Don E. 2009. Urocitellus canus. Mammalian Species, 834: 1-8.

Ruff, S. and Wilson, D.E. 2009. Artie and Merlin Washington: Tenley Circle Press. 130 pages.

Helgen, Kristofer M., Helgen, Lauren E. and Wilson, Don E. 2009. Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct. American Museum Novitates, 3646: 1-37.

Wilson, Don E. 2009. Introduction. In: Wilson, Don E. and Mittermeier, Russell A., Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp.11-16.

Helgen, Kristofer M., Cole, F. Russell, Helgen, Lauren E. and Wilson, Don E. 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of mammalogy, 90(2): 270-305.

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