Michael Carleton

Research Associate

Email:

arletonmSPAMFILTER@SI.EDU

Education

• Ph.D. (Zoology): University of Michigan, 1979
• B.S. (Wildlife Biology): University of Massachusetts, 1966

Research Interests

Systematics and evolution of muroid rodents

Publications

Article

• Jansa, Sharon A., Carleton, Michael D., Soarimalala, Voahangy, Rakotomalala, Zafimahery, and Goodman, Steven 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): 1–67. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.430.1.1
• Carleton, Michael D., Banasiak, Rebecca A., and Stanley, William 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.1
• Carleton, Michael D., Gardner, Alfred L., Pavlinov, Igor Ya, and Musser, Guy 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. https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-A-004
• Carleton, Michael D., Smeenk, Chris, Angermann, Renate, and Goodman, Steven 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. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.414
• Carleton, Michael D. and Stanley, William 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00817.x
• Taylor, Peter J., Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Carleton, Michael D., Verheyen, Erik, Bennett, Nigel C., Oosthuizen, Carel J., and Maree, Sarita. 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.
• Ding, X., Leigh, C. M., Goodman, S. M., Bedford, J. M., Carleton, Michael D., and Breed, W. G. 2010. "Sperm morphology in the Malagasy rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae)." Journal of Morphology 271 (12):1493–1500. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10889
• Carleton, Michael 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.
• Carleton, Michael D. and Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin. 2009. "Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in western Mexico." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331:94–127.
• Carleton, Michael D., Emmons, Louise H., and Musser, Guy 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.

Chapter

• Carleton, Michael D. 2015. "Genus Microryzomys Thomas, 1917." in Mammals of South America, Volume 2. Rodents, edited by Patton, James L., Pardinas, Ulyses F. J., and D'Elia, Guillermo., 355–359. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2015. "Genus Transandinomys Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006." in Mammals of South America, Volume 2. Rodents, edited by Patton, James L., Pardinas, Ulyses F. J., and D'Elia, Guillermo., 456–460. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
• Carleton, Michael D. and Musser, Guy G. 2015. "Genus Oecomys Thomas, 1906." in Mammals of South America, Volume 2. Rodents, edited by Patton, James L., Pardinas, Ulyses F. J., and D'Elia, Guillermo., 393–417. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Genus Lemniscomys Grass Mice." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 441–443. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Thallomys loringi Loring's Acacia Rat." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 558–559. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Subfamily Otomyinae - Vlei Rats and Whistling Rats." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 571–573. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Genus Dasymys Shaggy Rats." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 392–394. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Dasymys foxi Fox's Shaggy Rat." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 394–395. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Dasymys montanus Montane Shaggy Rat." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 396–397. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Carleton, Michael D. 2013. "Dasymys nudipes Angolan Shaggy Rat." in Mammals of Africa, Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits, edited by Happold, David C. D., 397–398. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Book

• Voss, R. S. and Carleton, Michael D. , eds. 2009. Systematic mammalogy: Contributions in honor of Guy G. Musser. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
• Myers, Philip and Carleton, Michael D. 1981. The Species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay: And the Identity of Azara's "Rat Sixième Ou Rat À Tarse Noir". Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.