Michael Dean Carleton

Michael Dean Carleton (27 December 1944 - ), U.S. mammalogist

Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.
Curator Emeritus of National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States.

Taxon names authored

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28 taxon names authored by Michael Dean Carleton

Eponyms

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2 eponyms of Michael Dean Carleton

Publications

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1975

Carleton, M.D. & Huckaby, D.G. 1975. A New Species of Peromyscus from Guatemala. Journal of Mammalogy 56(2): 444–451. DOI: 10.2307/1379373 Reference page.

1977

Carleton, M.D. 1977. Interrelationships of populations of the Peromyscus boylii species group (Rodentia, Muridae) in western Mexico. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 675: 1–47. hdl: 2027.42/57111 Reference page.

1979

Carleton, M.D. & Eshelman, R.E. 1979. A Synopsis of Fossil Grasshopper Mice, Genus Onychomys, and Their Relationships to Recent Species. Papers on Paleontology, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology 21: 1–63.
Carleton, M.D. 1979. Taxonomic status and relationships of Peromyscus boylii from El Salvador. Journal of Mammalogy 60(2): 280–296. DOI: 10.2307/1379799 Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. & Myers, P. 1979. Karyotypes of Some Harvest Mice, Genus Reithrodontomys. Journal of Mammalogy 60: 307–313.

1980

Carleton, M.D. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships in neotomine–peromyscine rodents (Muroidea) and a reappraisal of the dichotomy with New World Cricetinae. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 157: 1–146. hdl: 2027.42/56401 Reference page.

1981

Carleton, M.D. 1981. A Survey of Gross Stomach Morphology in Microtinae (Rodentia, Muroidea). Zeitschrift Fur Saugetierkunde 46(2): 93–108.
Myers, P. & Carleton, M.D. 1981. The species of Oryzomys (Oligoryzomys) in Paraguay and the identity of Azara’s “rat sixième ou rat à tarse noir”. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 161: 1–41. hdl: 2027.42/56405 Reference page.

1982

Carleton, M.D. 1982. Distribution and systematics of Peromyscus (Mammalia:Rodentia) of Nayarit, Mexico. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 352: 1–46. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.352

1984

Carleton, M.D. 1984. Chapter 9: Introduction to Rodents. In: Anderson, S. and Jones, J. K., Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp.255-265.
Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1984. Chapter 11: Muroid Rodents. In: Anderson, S. and Jones, J. K., Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons, pp.289-379.

1985

Carleton, M.D. & Robbins, C.B. 1985. On the Status and Affinities of Hybomys planifrons (Miller, 1900) (Rodentia, Muridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(4): 956–1003. BHL Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. 1985. Macroanatomy. In: Tamarin, R. H., Biology of New World Microtus. pp.116-175.

1989

Carleton, M.D. 1989. Systematics and Evolution. in Kirkland, D.L. & Layne, J. (eds.). Advances in the Study of Peromyscus (Rodentia). Texas Tech University Press: Lubbock. 367 pp. Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1989. Systematic studies of oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) : a synopsis of Microryzomys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 191: 1–83. hdl: 2246/953 Reference page.

1991

Carleton, M.D. & Martinez, C. 1991. Morphometric Differentiation among West African Populations of the Rodent Genus Dasymys (Muroidea, Murinae), and its Taxonomic Implications. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(3): 419–435.

1993

Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. A new genus for Hesperomys molitor Winge and Holochilus magnus Hershkovitz (Mammalia, Muridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3085: 1–39. hdl: 2246/4982 Reference page.

1994

Carleton, M.D. 1994. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): revision of the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3087: 1–55. hdl: 2246/4984 Reference page.

1995

Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 1995. Systematic studies of oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) - definition and distribution of Oligoryzomys vegetus (Bangs, 1902). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(2): 338–369. BHL Reference page.

1996

Musser, G.G., Brothers, E.M., Carleton, M.D. & Hutterer, R. 1996. Taxonomy and Distributional Records of Oriental and European Apodemus, with a Review of the Apodemus-Sylvaemus Problem. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage 46(1-4): 143–190.
Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1996. The rodents of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 85: 257–283.
Goodman, S.M. & Carleton, M.D. 1996. The Rodents of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 85: 231–256.
Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1996. Systematic Studies of Madagascar's Endemic Rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): A New Genus and Species from the Central Highlands. Fieldiana Zoology 85: 231–256. BHL Reference page.

1997

Carleton, M.D. & Van der Straeten, E. 1997. Morphological differentiation among Subsaharan and north African populations of the Lemniscomys barbarus complex (Rodentia : Muridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(4): 640–680.

1998

Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. & Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 236: 1–376. hdl: 2246/1630 Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 1998. New Taxa of Nesomyine Rodents (Muroidea: Muridae) from Madagascar's Nnorthern Highlands, with Taxonomic Comments on Previously Described Forms. Fieldiana Zoology 90: 163–200. BHL Reference page.
Goodman, S.M. & Carleton, M.D. 1998. The Rodents of the Reserve Speciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 90: 201–221.

1999

Carleton, M.D., Fisher, R.D. & Gardner, A.L. 1999. Identification and distribution of cotton rats, genus Sigmodon (Muridae : Sigmodontinae), of Nayarit, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(4): 813–856.
Carleton, M.D. & Olson, S.L. 1999. Amerigo Vespucci and the rat of Fernando de Noronha: a new genus and species of Rodentia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from a volcanic island off Brazil's continental shelf. American Museum Novitates 3256: 1–59. hdl: 2246/3097 Reference page.
Goodman, S.M., Carleton, M.D. & Pidgeon, M. 1999. The Rodents of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology, New Series 94: 217–249.

2000

Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2000. Rodents of the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar. Fieldiana: Zoology 97: 231–263.

2001

Carleton, M.D., Goodman, S.M. & Rakotondravony, D. 2001. A new species of tufted-tailed rat, genus Eliurus (Muridae: Nesomyinae), from western Madagascar, with notes on the distribution of E. myoxinus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114: 972–987. BHL Reference page.

2002

Carleton, M.D., Sánchez, O. & Urbano Vidales, G. 2002. A new species of Habromys (Muroidea: Neotominae) from México, with generic review of species definitions and remarks on diversity patterns among Mesoamerican small mammals restricted to humid montane forests. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115(3): 488–533. BHL Reference page.

2003

Carleton, M.D., Musser, G.G. & Pavlinov, I.Ya. 2003. Myodes Pallas, 1811, is the valid name for the genus of red-backed voles. In: Averianov, A. O. and Abramson, N. I., Sytematics, Phylogeny and Paleontology of Small Mammals-- An International Conference Devoted to the 90th Anniversary of Prof. I. M. Gromov. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, pp.96-98.

2005

Carleton, M.D. & Lawlor, T.E. 2005. Peromyscus from Santa Catalina Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico: taxonomic identities and biogeographic implications. Journal of Mammalogy 86(4): 814–825.
Jenkins, P.D. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major's expedition to Madagascar, 1894 to 1896: beginnings of modern systematic study of the island's mammalian fauna. Journal of Natural History 39(20): 1779–1818.
Carleton, M.D. & Musser, G.G. 2005. Order Rodentia. Pp. 745-752 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. & Stanley, W.T. 2005. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(3): 619–646. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[619:ROTHDC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2006

O'Brien, C., McShea, W.J., Guimondou, S., Barriere, P. & Carleton, M.D. 2006. Terrestrial small mammals (Soricidae and Muridae) from the Gamba Complex in Gabon: species composition and comparison of sampling tecnhiques. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 12: 353–363.
Carleton, M.D. & Byrne, E.S. 2006. The status of Otomys orestes dollmani Heller, 1912 (Muridae: Otomyinae), a rodent described from the Mathews Range, central Kenya. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 477–515. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[477:TSOOOD]2.0.CO;2
Carleton, M.D., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & Stanley, W.T. 2006. Review of the Hylomyscus denniae group (Rodentia: Muridae) in eastern Africa, with comments on the generic allocation of Epimys endorobae Heller. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(2): 293–325. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[293:ROTHDG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2007

Carleton, M.D. & Goodman, S.M. 2007. A new species of the Eliurus majori complex (Rodentia: Muroidea: Nesomyidae) from south-central Madagascar, with remarks on emergent species groupings in the genus Eliurus. American Museum Novitates 3547: 1–21. hdl: 2246/5834 Reference page.

2008

Schmidt, D.F., Ludwig, C.A. 7 Carleton, M.D. 2008. The Smithsonian Institution African Mammal Project (1961-1972): An Annotated Gazetteer of Collecting Localities and Summary of Its Taxonomic and Geographic Scope. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 628: 1–320. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.628

2009

Carleton, M.D., Emmons, L.H. & Musser, G.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. DOI: 10.1206/612.1 ; hdl: 2246/5984 Reference page.
Gardner, A.L. & Carleton, M.D. 2009. Chapter 5. A New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys. In Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 157–182. DOI: 10.1206/582-5.1 ; hdl: 2246/6035 Reference page.
Carleton, M.D. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2009. Review of the Oryzomys couesi complex (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in western Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 94–127. hdl: 2246/6035 Reference page.
Carleton, M.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.

2010

Ding, X., Leigh, C.M., Goodman, S.M., Bedford, J.M., Carleton, M.D. & Breed, W.G. 2010. Sperm morphology in the Malagasy rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae). Journal of Morphology 271(12): 1493–1500. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10889

2011

Taylor, P.J., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Carleton, M.D., Verheyen, E., Bennett, N.C., Oosthuizen, C.J. & Maree, S. 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.

2012

Carleton, M.D. & Stanley, W.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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00817.x Reference page.

2014

Carleton, M.D., Smeenk, C., Angermann, R. & Goodman, S.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. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.414
Carleton, M.D., Gardner, A.L., Pavlinov, I.Ya. & Musser, G.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. DOI: 10.1644/14-MAMM-A-004

2015

Carleton, M.D., Banasiak, R.A. & Stanley, W.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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.1. Reference page.

2019

Iwama, R.E., Oceguera-Figueroa, A., Carleton, M.D., Manglicmot, C., Erséus, C., Miles, N. M-S., Siddall, M.E. & Kvist, S. 2019. Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae) in North America. Zootaxa 4671(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.1 Reference page.
Jansa, S.A., Carleton, M.D., Soarimalala, V., Rakotomalala, Z. & Goodman, S.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: 1–69. hdl: 2246/6939 Reference page.

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