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Education

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

Research Interests

Continues with a variety of book projects. With Sue Ruff, Don is editing a Handbook of Mammals of the World. The first volume will be on carnivores, and they have the initial chapter, on Felids, in hand. Erika Sampaio, Elisabeth Kalko, and Don are working on a book on Bats of the Amazon. He and Bob Hoffmann are working with several collaborators on a book on the Mammals of China. Don continues to work with Kris Helgen, a former Summer Research Program participant and Post-doctoral Fellow, on a variety of projects on mammalian evolution and systematics.

Recent Publications

Tirira, D., Forward by D. Wilson. 2007. Field Guide to the Mammals of Ecuador (Text in Spanish). Educiones Murcielago Blanco. 576 pp.

Wilson, D. E., K. M. Helgen, C. S. Yun and B. Giman. 2006. Results of Small Mammal Surveys at Two Sites in Planted Forest Zones, Bintulu, Sarawak. Malayan Nature Journal 59: 165-187.

Arroyo-Cabrales, J., and D. E. Wilson. 2006. Bats of Puerto Rico (Review). Acta Chiropterologica, 8(1): 275-276.

Helgen, K. M., and D. E. Wilson. 2006. Order Eulipotyphla. Pp. 357-377, in S. J. O’Brien, et al. Atlas of Mammalian Chromosomes. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ. 714pp.

Cole, F. R., and D. E. Wilson. 2006. Leptonycteris yerbabuenae. Mammalian Species, 797: 1-7.

Cole, F. R., and D. E. Wilson. 2006. Leptonycteris curasoae. Mammalian Species, 796: 1-3.

Wilson, D. E. 2006. Introduction. P. 4, in Simon, S. Whales. Collins, New York. 40 pp.

Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. Third Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 volumes: 2,142 pp.

Wilson, D. E. 2005. Myotis carteri, Myotis findleyi, Myotis nigricans, Peromyscus madrensis. Pp. 281-288; 747, in Ceballos, G. and G. Oliva, eds. Los Mamiferos silvestres de Mexico. Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico. 1,986 pp.

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.

Shapley, R. L., D. E. Wilson, A. N. Warren, and A. A. Barnett. 2005. Bats of the Potaro Plateau region, western Guyana. Mammalia, 69: 375-394.

Rodriguez-Hererra, B., D. E. Wilson, M. Fernandez, and W. Pineda. 2005. La Mastozoologia de Costa Rica: historia, recolecta, localidades, y composicion de especies. Brenesia, 63-64: 89-112.

Quinn, A., and D. E. Wilson. 2005. Tasmanian Tiger—The tragic tale of how the world lost its most mysterious predator (Review). Journal of Mammalogy, 86: 639-640.

Quinn, A., and D. E. Wilson. 2005. The last Tasmanian Tiger: The history and extinction of the Thylacine (Review). Journal of Mammalogy, 86: 639.

Wilson, D. E. 2005. Bats to biodiversity: Spyder had a pretty good ride. Pp. 217-233, in: C. J. Phillips and C. Jones (Eds.). Going Afield - Lifetime experiences in the exploration, science, and the biology of mammals. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock.