Lawrence R. Heaney

Lawrence Richard Heaney (2 December 1952), U.S. mammalogist (especially Philippine mammals).

Curator and Head of the Division of Mammals, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Heaney, L.R. & Peterson, R.L. 1984. A new species of tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene) from Negros Island, Philippines. (Mammalia: Pteropodidae). Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 708: 1–16. PDF Reference page.

Musser, G.G. & Heaney, L.R. 1985. Philippine Rattus: a new species from the Sulu Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2818: 1–32. hdl: 2246/5226 Reference page.
Musser, G.G., Heaney, L.R. & Rabor, D.S. 1985. Philippine rats: a new species of Crateromys from Dinagat Island. American Museum Novitates 2821: 1–25. hdl: 2246/5231 Reference page.

Musser, G.G. & Heaney, L.R. 1992. Philippine rodents: definitions of Tarsomys and Limnomys plus a preliminary assessment of phylogenetic patterns among native Philippine murines (Murinae, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 211: 1–138. hdl: 2246/906 Reference page.

Musser, G.G., Heaney, L.R. & Tabaranza Jr., B.R. 1998. Philippine rodents: redefinitions of known species of Batomys (Muridae, Murinae) and description of a new species from Dinagat Island. American Museum Novitates 3237: 1–51. hdl: 2246/3242 Reference page.

Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R. & Tabaranza Jr., B.R. 2002. Review of Bullimus (Muridae: Murinae) and Description of a New Species from Camiguin Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 83(2): 421-436. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0421:ROBMMA>2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R. & Tabaranza Jr., B.R. 2003. A New Species of Limnomys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 84(4): 1443-1455. DOI: 10.1644/BRP-112 Reference page.

Heaney, L.R. & Tabaranza Jr., B.R. 2006. A new species of forest mouse, genus Apomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from Camiguin Island, Philippines. Fieldiana. Zoology. New Series 106: 14–27. BHL Reference page.

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Veluz, M.J. & Jansa, S.A. 2009. Chapter 7. A New Genus and Species of Small ‘Tree-Mouse’ (Rodentia, Muridae) Related to the Philippine Giant Cloud Rats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 205–229. DOI: 10.1206/582-7.1 Reference page.

Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Alviola, P.A., Duya, M.V., Duya, M.R.M., Sosa, T. & Jansa, S.A. 2012. Archboldomys (Muridae, Murinae) reconsidered: a new genus and three new species of shrew mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates 3754: 1–60. DOI: 10.1206/3754.2 Reference page.

Heaney, L.R. et al. 2014: Three new species of Musseromys (Muridae, Rodentia), the endemic Philippine tree mouse from Luzon Island. American Museum novitates, (3802) DOI: 10.1206/3802.1 Reference page.
Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Veluz, M.J., Steppan, S.J., Esselstyn, J.A., Pfeiffer, A.W. & Rickart, E.A. 2014. Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 395–413. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395 Reference page.

Hutterer, R., Balete, D.S., Giarla, T.C., Heaney, L.R. & Esselstyn, J.A. 2018. A new genus and species of shrew (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 99(3): 518–536. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy041 Reference page.

Rickart, E.A., Balete, D.S., Timm, R.M., Alviola, P.A., Esselstyn, J.A. & Heaney, L.R. 2019. Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 100(4): 1112–1129. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz066 Reference page.

Sedlock, J.L., Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S. & Ruedi, M. 2020. Philippine bats of the genus Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Overview and assessment of variation in K. pellucida and K. whiteheadi. Zootaxa 4755(3): 454–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.2 pdf Reference page.

Eger, J.L., Sedlock, J.L., Lim, B.K. & Heaney, L.R. 2025. Systematics and biogeography of tube-nosed bats, Murina (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), from the Philippines with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5691(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.1.1 Reference page.
Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Duya, M.R., Duya, M.V., Kyriazis, C.C., Rickart, E.A., Steppan, S.J. & Rowsey, D.M. 2025. Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa 5647(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.1.1 Reference page.
Hutterer, R., Swanson, M.T., Esselstyn, J.A. & Heaney, L.R. 2025. The shrew of Nagaland: A remarkable new genus and species from Northeast India, with a discussion of the phylogeny and classification of the Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 474: 1–69. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.474.1.1 Reference page.
Giarla, T.C., Achmadi, A.S., Fabre, P.-H., Handika, H.H., Chipps, A.S., Swanson, M.T., Nations, J.A., Morni, M.A., William-Dee, J., Inayah, N., Dwijayanti, E., Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P., Griffin, K.E., Khan, F.A.A., Heaney, L.R., Rowe, K.C. & Esselstyn, J.A. 2025. Systematics and historical biogeography of Crunomys and Maxomys (Muridae: Murinae), with the description of a new species from Sulawesi and new genus-level classification. Journal of Mammalogy 106(4): 832–858. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaf006 Reference page.