Neal Woodman

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Biological Survey Unit 
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20560-0111 

Telephone: 202-633-1278

Fax: 202-357-1932

Email: nwoodman@usgs.gov

Research Zoologist and Curator of Mammals

Primary Responsibilities: 
Carrying out original field and collection-based research on mammals
Curation and oversight of the national research collection of mammals
Serving as authority on mammals for public institutions and agencies

Education/Training: 
Ph.D., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1992; Systematics and Ecology
M. Phil., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1986; Systematics and Ecology
M.S., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Geology
B.A., Earlham College, Richmond, IN; Geology

Active Projects: 
Systematics, taxonomy, and biogeography of shrews (Soricidae)

Publications/Products: 

Woodman, N., and R. M. Timm. 2006. Characters and phylogenetic relationships of nectar-feeding bats, with descriptions of new Lonchophylla from western South America (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Lonchophyllini). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119:437–476. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N. 2005. Size evolution in Goodwin’s small-eared shrew, Cryptotis goodwini. In J. F. Merritt, S. Churchfield, R. Hutterer, and B. A. Sheftel, eds., Advances in the Biology of Shrews II. Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists 1:125–138. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N. 2005. Evolution and biogeography of Mexican small-eared shrews of the Cryptotis mexicana-group (Insectivora: Soricidae). Pp. 523–534 in, V. Sánchez-Cordero and R. A. Medellín, eds., Contribuciones Mastozoológicas en Homenaje a Bernardo Villa (Contributions to Mexican Mammalogy in Honor of Dr. Bernardo Villa). Instituto de Biología and Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and CONABIO, Mexico City, 706 pp.

Woodman, N., and James P. J. Morgan. 2005. Skeletal morphology of the forefoot in shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) of the genus Cryptotis, as revealed by digital x-rays. Journal of Morphology 266:60–73. Read abstract and order PDF here

Woodman, N., and D. A. Croft. 2005. Fossil shrews from Honduras and their significance for late glacial evolution in body size (Mammalia: Soricidae: Cryptotis). Fieldiana, Geology, New Series 51(1534):1–30. Read abstract and order PDF here

Woodman, N., C. J. Dove, and S. C. Peurach. 2005. A curious pellet from a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). Northeastern Naturalist 12:127–132. Read abstract and order PDF here

Woodman, N., and A. Díaz de Pascual. 2004. Cryptotis meridensis. Mammalian Species 761:1–5. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N. 2004. Designation of the type species of Musaraneus Pomel 1848 (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117:280–284. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N. 2003. A new small-eared shrew of the Cryptotis nigrescens-group from Colombia (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116:853–872. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N. 2003. New record of the rare emballonurid bat Centronycteris centralis Thomas, 1912 in Costa Rica, with notes on feeding habits. Caribbean Journal of Science 39:399–402. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N., C. A. Cuartas C., and C. A. Delgado V. 2003. The humerus of Cryptotis colombiana and its bearing on the phylogenetic relationships of the species (Soricomorpha: Soricidae). Journal of Mammalogy 84:832–839. (Read abstract and order PDF here)

Woodman, N. 2002. A new species of small-eared shrew from Colombia and Venezuela (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae: Genus Cryptotis). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115:249–272. (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N., E. Schneider, P. Grant, D. Same, K. E. Schmall, and J. T. Curtis. 2002. A new southern distributional limit for the Central American rodent Peromyscus stirtoni. Caribbean Journal of Science 38:281–284. (full text in PDF)

Pine, R. H., N. Woodman, and R. M. Timm. 2002. Rediscovery of Enders's small-eared shrew, Cryptotis endersi (Insectivora: Soricidae), with a redescription of the species. Mammalian Biology 67:372 –377.

Woodman, N.  2000.  Cryptotis merriami Choate in Costa Rica: syntopy with Cryptotis nigrescens (Allen) and possible character displacement.  Caribbean Journal of Science 36(3-4):289-299.  (full text in PDF)

Woodman, N., and R. M. Timm.  2000.  Taxonomy and evolutionary relationships of Phillips’ small-eared shrew, Cryptotis phillipsii (Schaldach, 1966), from Oaxaca, Mexico (Mammalia: Rodentia: Soricidae).  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113:339-355. 

Woodman, N., A. Rucker, M. C. Thompson, J. Love, and S. Mount.  2000.  The modern riparian vegetational community at Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas: a blend of new species and old.  Proceedings of the Kansas Academy of Science 103:16-31. 

Woodman, N., and R. M. Timm.  1999.  Geographic variation and evolutionary relationships among broad-clawed shrews of the Cryptotis goldmani-group (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae).  Fieldiana: Zoology (new series) 91:1-35. 

Woodman, N., R. M. Timm, N. A. Slade, and T. J. Doonan.  1996.  Comparison of traps and baits for censusing small mammals in Neotropical lowlands.  Journal of Mammalogy 77:274-281.