Staff at the Section of Mammals
Timothy J. McCarthy
Scientific Preparator
Section of Mammals
Edward O’Neil Research Center
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
5800 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh PA 15206-3706
voice: 412-665-2614
fax: 412-665-2751
e-mail: mccarthyt@CarnegieMNH.org
Research Interests:
General Research Interests: Systematics and biogeography of mammals
in nuclear Central America (Chiapas-Nicaragua); Central American Chiroptera
(Chiapas-NW Ecuador faunistic unit); general Neotropical bats; fruit bats
of the genus Sturnira; histological studies of bat reproduction
and specialized dermal glands.
Recent Research Activities: Projects concerning species of Sturnira
(e.g., morphological variation and distribution of S. mordax;
definition of S. oporaphilum). Taxonomic status of Sciurus boothiae annalium
Thomas, 1905. Studies of small-mammal flea faunas in select cloud forest
habitats in Honduras and Guatemala (support: National Geographic Society,
U. S. Food and Drug Administration, G. Netting Fund; inventories terminated
in June 1998). Descriptions of new taxa of phyllostomid and vespertilionid
bats. Preparation of national checklist- and bibliography-pertinent museum
documentation for Guatemala. Mammal resource paper for Belize.
Request: "Proyecto Oso Caballo o Gigante (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)"--
Central American colleagues and I are looking for reliable observations
for the presence of this large, endangered mammal in different habitats
of Central America. Also, any unpublished field reports from protected
areas may provide insight. At this time, we have various forms of documentation
that demonstrate the persistence of Myrmecophaga for over the last
20 years in La Mosquitia of eastern Honduras and the Oso Peninsula of Costa
Rica. Information is lacking for La Mosquitia of eastern Nicaragua, where
we believe significant numbers exist.
Selected Publications:
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McCarthy, T. J., D. L. Anderson, and G. A. Cruz D. 1999. Tree sloths (Mammalia:
Xenarthra) in Nicaragua and Honduras, Central America. Southwestern Naturalist,
44:410-414.
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McCarthy, T. J. 1999. [In press]. Taxonomic evaluation of Sylvilagus brasiliensis
(Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Belize and eastern Guatemala and distributional
comments of Sylvilagus floridanus. Revista Mexicana de
Mastozoología.
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Ordóñez, G. N., J. Monzón S., T. J. McCarthy, J. O.
Matson, and R. P. Eckerlin. 1999. [In press]. Observaciones y comentarios
a cera de Bassaricyon gabbi J. A. Allen, 1876 (Carnivora:
Procyonidae) en el norte de Centro América. Revista Mexicana de
Mastozoología.
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McCarthy, T. J., and E. Méndez. 1998. Mammals of Belize: A Checklist.
Belize Audubon Society, Belize City, Belize. iv + 19 pp.
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Eckerlin, R. P., S. G. Pérez C., and T. J. McCarthy. 1997. Fleas
(Siphonaptera) of small mammals from the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala.
Pp. 96-97 in Abstracts of Oral and Poster Papers, Seventh International
Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico. September 6-11.
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Pérez C., S. G., T. J. McCarthy, and J. O. Matson. 1997. Biogeographic
significance of the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala: Preliminary comments
on associated mammal faunas. P. 268 in Abstracts of Oral and Poster Papers,
Seventh International Theriological Congress, Acapulco, Mexico. September
6-11.
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McCarthy, T. J., W. B. Davis, J. E. Hill, J. K. Jones, Jr., and G. A. Cruz.
1993. Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) records, early collectors, and faunal lists
for northern Central America. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 62:191-228.
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McCarthy, T. J. 1987. Distributional records of bats from the Caribbean
lowlands of Belize, and adjacent Guatemala and Mexico. Pp 137-162 in Studies
in Neotropical mammalogy: Essays in honor of Phillip Hershkovitz (B. D. Patterson and R.
M. Timm, eds.). Fieldiana: Zoology, n.s., 39: 137-162.
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