education and training
- B.A., Earlham College
- M.Phil., University of Kansas
- M.S., University of Iowa
- Ph.D., University of Kansas
Woodman, Neal
Dr.
Positions
- Research Zoologist, U.S. Geological Survey 2001 -
Taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, morphology, and phylogenetics of mammals, especially the Soricidae (shrews); tropical mammal communities.
Geographic Focus
- worldwide Continent
Background And Education
Publications
selected publications
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article
- Woodman, Neal and Ikram, Salima. 2021. "Ancient Egyptian mummified shrews (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) and mice (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Spanish Mission to Dra Abu el-Naga, and their implications for environmental change in the Nile valley during the past two millennia." Quaternary Research 100:21-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2020.89 2021
- Juman, Maya M., Woodman, Neal, Olson, Link E., and Sargis, Eric J. 2021. "Ecogeographic variation and taxonomic boundaries in Large Treeshrews (Scandentia, Tupaiidae: Tupaia tana Raffles, 1821) from Southeast Asia." Journal of Mammalogy 102 (4):1054-1066. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab059 2021
- Juman, Maya M., Woodman, Neal, Olson, Link E., and Sargis, Eric J. 2021. "Ecogeographic variation and taxonomic boundaries in Large Treeshrews (Scandentia, Tupaiidae: Tupaia tana Raffles, 1821) from Southeast Asia." Journal of mammalogy 102 (4):1054-1066. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab059 2021
- Woodman, Neal. 2021. "The green mole, Astromycter prasinatus T. M. Harris, 1825 (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae): an origin story." Archives of Natural History, 227–243. 48, (2), https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2021.0719. 2021
- Woodman, Neal, Miller-Murthy, Ananth, Olson, Link E., and Sargis, Eric J. 2021. "The limitations of external measurements for aging small mammals: the cautionary example of the Lesser Treeshrew (Scandentia: Tupaiidae: Tupaia minor Gunther, 1876)." Journal of mammalogy 102 (4):1079-1086. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab055 2021
- Woodman, Neal and Ferguson, Adam W. 2021. "The relevance of a type locality: the case of Mephitis interrupta Rafinesque, 1820 (Carnivora: Mephitidae)." Journal of mammalogy https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab094 2021
- Woodman, Neal, Miller-Murthy, Ananth, Olson, Link E., and Sargis, Eric J. 2020. "Coming of age: morphometric variation in the hand skeletons of juvenile and adult Lesser Treeshrews (Scandentia: Tupaiidae: Tupaia minor Günther, 1876)." Journal of mammalogy 101 (4):1151-1164. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa056 2020
- Woodman, Neal and Wilken, Alec T. 2019. "Comparative functional skeletal morphology among three genera of shrews: implications for the evolution of locomotor behavior in the Soricinae (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 100 (6):1750-1764. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz098 2019
- Woodman, Neal, Wilken, Alec T., and Ikram, Salima. 2019. "See how they ran: morphological and functional aspects of skeletons from ancient Egyptian shrew mummies (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Crocidurinae)." Journal of mammalogy 100 (4):1199-1210. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz091 2019
- Woodman, Neal. 2019. "Three New Species of Small-eared Shrews, Genus Cryptotis, from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 72:1-46. 2019
- Baird, Amy B., McCarthy, Timothy J., Trujillo, Robert G., Kang, Yuan Yuan, Esmaei-Liyan, Mehdi, Valdez, Joselyn, Woodman, Neal, and Bickham, John W. 2018. "Molecular systematics and biodiversity of the Cryptotis mexicanus group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): two new species from Honduras supported." Systematics and Biodiversity 16 (2):108-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2017.1333539 2018
- Woodman, Neal. 2018. "Rediscovery of the type series of the Acadian Masked Shrew, Sorex acadicus Gilpin, 1865 (Mammalia: Soricidae), with the designation of a neotype and a reevaluation of its taxonomic status." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 131 (1):111-131. https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00022 2018
- Sargis, Eric J., Millien, Virginie, Woodman, Neal, and Olson, Link E. 2018. "Rule reversal: Ecogeographical patterns of body size variation in the common treeshrew (Mammalia, Scandentia)." Ecology and Evolution 8 (3):1634-1645. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3682 2018
- Stephens, Ryan B., Burke, Christopher B., Woodman, Neal, Poland, Lily B., and Rowe, Rebecca J. 2018. "Skeletal injuries in small mammals: a multispecies assessment of prevalence and location." Journal of mammalogy 99 (2):486-497. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy020 2018
- Woodman, Neal. 2018. "Taxonomic evaluation of the three "type" specimens of the fringe-footed shrew, Sorex fimbripes Bachman, 1837 (Mammalia: Soricidae) and recommended nomenclatural status of the name." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13 (1):202-220. https://doi.org/10.2988/18-00007 2018
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, Robert M. 2017. "A new species of small-eared shrew in the Cryptotis thomasi species group from Costa Rica (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Mammal Research 62 (1):89-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-016-0289-6 2017
- Woodman, Neal and Mead, James G. 2017. "Rafinesque's Sicilian whale, Balena gastrytis." Archives of Natural History 44 (2):229-240. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2017.0446 2017
- Woodman, Neal, Koch, C., and Hutterer, R. 2017. "Rediscovery of the type series of the Sacred Shrew, Sorex religiosus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826, with additional notes on mummified shrews of ancient Egypt (Mammalia: Soricidae)." Zootaxa 4341 (1):1-24. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.1 2017
- Sargis, Eric J., Woodman, Neal, Morningstar, Natalie C., Bell, Tiffany N., and Olson, Link E. 2017. "Skeletal variation and taxonomic boundaries among mainland and island populations of the common treeshrew (Mammalia: Scandentia: Tupaiidae)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120 (2):286-312. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12876 2017
- Woodman, Neal. 2017. "There are multiple editions of the first volume of Benjamin Silliman's American Journal of Science-and why it matters." Sherbornia 4 (2):9-21. 2017
- Woodman, Neal and Fisher, Robert D. 2016. "Identification and distribution of the Olympic Shrew (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), Sorex rohweri Rausch et al., 2007 in Oregon and Washington, based on USNM specimens." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84-102. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.84 2016
- Woodman, Neal. 2016. "Pranked by Audubon: Constantine S. Rafinesque's description of John James Audubon's imaginary Kentucky mammals." Archives of Natural History 43 (1):95-108. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2016.0349 2016
- Quiroga-Carmona, Marcial and Woodman, Neal. 2015. "A new species of Cryptotis (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) from the Sierra de Perijá, Venezuelan-Colombian Andes." Journal of mammalogy 96 (4):800-809. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv085 2015
- Woodman, Neal and Stabile, Frank A. 2015. "Functional skeletal morphology and its implications for locomotory behavior among three genera of myosoricine shrews (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Journal of Morphology 276 (5):550-563. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20365 2015
- He, Kai, Woodman, Neal, Boaglio, Sean, Roberts, Mariel, Supekar, Sunjana, and Maldonado, Jesús E. 2015. "Molecular Phylogeny Supports Repeated Adaptation to Burrowing within Small-Eared Shrews Genus of Cryptotis (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae)." PloS One 10 (10):1-13. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140280 2015
- Woodman, Neal. 2015. "Morphological Variation among Broad-Clawed Shrews (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Cryptotis Pomel, 1848) from Highlands of Western Honduras, with Descriptions of Three New Cryptic Species." Annals of Carnegie Museum 83 (2):95-119. https://doi.org/10.2992/007.083.0203 2015
- Shaughnessy, Michael J., Jr. and Woodman, Neal. 2015. "New records of Merriam’s Shrew (Sorex merriami) from western North Dakota." Check List: The Journal of Biodiversity Data 11 (3):1-4. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.3.1623 2015
- Woodman, Neal. 2015. "On the original description of the Sacred Shrew, Sorex religiosa I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826 [nec 1827] (Mammalia: Soricidae)." Bionomina 9 (1):50. https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.9.1.5 2015
- Woodman, Neal. 2015. "Rafinesque's names for western American mammals, including the earliest scientific name for the coyote ( Canis latrans Say, 1822), based on the apocryphal journal of Charles Le Raye." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 (1):63-79. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.1.63 2015
- Woodman, Neal. 2015. "Shippingport, Kentucky, is the type locality for the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 (2):152-163. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.152 2015
- Woodman, Neal and Stabile, Frank A. 2015. "Variation in the myosoricine hand skeleton and its implications for locomotory behavior (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Journal of mammalogy 96 (1):159-171. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyu017 2015
- Woodman, Neal. 2015. "Who invented the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)? On the authorship of the fraudulent 1812 journal of Charles Le Raye." Archives of Natural History 42 (1):39-50. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2015.0277 2015
- Guevara, Lázaro, Sánchez-Cordero, Víctor, León-Paniagua, Livia, and Woodman, Neal. 2014. "A new species of small-eared shrew (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Cryptotis) from the Lacandona rain forest, Mexico." Journal of Mammalogy 95 (4):739-753. https://doi.org/10.1644/14-MAMM-A-018 2014
- Woodman, Neal and Gaffney, Sarah A. 2014. "Can they dig it? Functional morphology and semifossoriality among small-eared shrews, genus Cryptotis (Mammalia, Soricidae)." Journal of Morphology 275 (7):745-759. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20254 2014
- Sargis, Eric J., Woodman, Neal, Morningstar, Natalie C., Reese, Aspen T., and Olson, Link E. 2014. "Island history affects faunal composition: the treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia: Tupaiidae) from the Mentawai and Batu Islands, Indonesia." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111 (2):290-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12195 2014
- Matson, John O., Ordonez-Garza, Nicte, Woodman, Neal, Bulmer, Walter, Eckerlin, Ralph P., and Hanson, J. Delton. 2014. "Small Mammals from the Chelemha Cloud Forest Reserve, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala." The Southwestern Naturalist 59 (2):258-262. https://doi.org/10.1894/F14-TAL-60.1 2014
- Sargis, Eric J., Woodman, Neal, Morningstar, Natalie C., Reese, Aspen T., and Olson, Link E. 2013. "Morphological distinctiveness of Javan Tupaia hypochrysa (Scandentia, Tupaiidae)." Journal of Mammalogy 94 (4):938-947. https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-042.1 2013
- Woodman, Neal. 2013. "Survival of the Less-fit: A Least Shrew (Mammalia, Soricidae, Cryptotis parvus) Survives a Separated Leg Fracture in the Wild." Journal of wildlife diseases 49 (3):735-737. https://doi.org/10.7589/2012-08-218 2013
- Woodman, Neal. 2013. "The identity of the enigmatic Black Shrew (Sorex niger Ord, 1815)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (1):1-10. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.1.1 2013
- Woodman, Neal. 2013. "The type localities of the mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque, 1817), and the Kansas white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus macrourus (Rafinesque, 1817), are not where we thought they were." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126 (3):187-198. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.187 2013
- Sargis, Eric J., Woodman, Neal, Reese, Aspen T., and Olson, Link E. 2013. "Using hand proportions to test taxonomic boundaries within the Tupaia glis species complex (Scandentia, Tupaiidae)." Journal of mammalogy 94 (1):183-201. https://doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-343.1 2013
- Woodman, Neal, Matson, John O., McCarthy, Timothy J., Eckerlin, Ralph P., Bulmer, Walter, and Ordóñez-Garza, Nicté. 2012. "Distributional records of shrews (Mammalia, Soricomorpha) from northern Central America, with the first record of Sorex from Honduras." Annals of the Carnegie Museum 80 (3):207-237. 2012
- Woodman, Neal. 2012. "Taxonomic status and relationships of Sorex obscurus parvidens Jackson, 1921, from California." Journal of mammalogy 93 (3):826-838. https://doi.org/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-354.1 2012
- Woodman, Neal. 2012. "This shrew is a jumping mouse (Mammalia, Dipodidae): Sorex dichrurus Rafinesque, 1833 is a synonym of Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (3):308-316. https://doi.org/10.2988/12-05.1 2012
- Woodman, Neal. 2011. "Nomenclatural notes and identification of small-eared shrews (Mammalia: genus Cryptotis) from Cobán, Guatemala, in the Natural History Museum, London." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 124 (4):249-258. https://doi.org/10.2988/11-11.1 2011
- Woodman, Neal. 2011. "Patterns of morphological variation among semi-fossorial shrews in the highlands of Guatemala, with the description of a new species (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (4):1267-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00754.x 2011
- Woodman, Neal and Stephens, Ryan B. 2010. "At the foot of the shrew: manus morphology distinguishes closely-related Cryptotis goodwini and Cryptotis griseoventris (Mammalia: Soricidae) in Central America." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99 (1):118-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01343.x 2010
- Woodman, Neal. 2010. "History and dating of the publication of the Philadelphia (1822) and London (1823) editions of the Edwin James's Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains." Archives of Natural History 37 (1):28-38. https://doi.org/10.3366/E0260954109001636 2010
- Woodman, Neal. 2010. "Two new species of shrews (Soricidae) from the western highlands of Guatemala." Journal of mammalogy 91 (3):566-579. https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-346.1 2010
- Woodman, Neal and Beavan Athfield, Nancy. 2009. "Post-Clovis survival of American Mastodon in the southern Great Lakes Region of North America." Quaternary Research 72 (3):359-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.06.009 2009
- Woodman, Neal. 2009. "The Stephen H. Long Expedition (1819-1820), Titian R. Peale's field illustrations, and the lost holotypes of the North American shrews Sorex brevicaudus Say and Sorex parvus Say (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Philadelphia Museum." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122 (1):117-129. https://doi.org/10.2988/08-36.1 2009
- Woodman, Neal and Branstrator, J. W. 2008. "The Overmyer Mastodon (Mammut americanum) from Fulton County, Indiana." American Midland Naturalist 159 (1):125-146. https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2008)159[125:TOMMAF]2.0.CO 2008
- Woodman, Neal. 2007. "A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120 (3):340-358. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[340:ANSONB]2.0.CO 2007
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- Matson, J. O. and Woodman, Neal. 2019. "Shrews (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) of Guatemala. Musarañas (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) de Guatemala." in Perspectivas de investigación sobre los mamíferos silvestres de Guatemala (Research Perspectives on the Wild Mammals of Guatemala), edited by Kraker, Christian, Calderón, Ana P., and Cabrera, Andrea A., 19-29. Asociación Guatemalteca de Mastozoólogos. 2019
- Feinstein, Sandy and Woodman, Neal. 2012. "Shrews, Rats, and a Polecat in the "Pardoner's Tale"." in Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts: The New Middle Ages, edited by Van Dyke, Carolynn., 49-66. Palgrave MacMillan. 2012
- Woodman, Neal and Pefaur, J. E. 2008. "Order Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910." in Mammals of South America. Volume I: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats., edited by Gardner, Alfred L., 177-187. University of Chicago Press. 2008
Affiliation
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Location
- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
