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Neal Woodman
Research Associate (USGS)Department / Division
Education
- Ph.D. (Systematics and Ecology): University of Kansas, 1992
- M.Phil. (Systematics and Ecology): University of Kansas, 1986
- M.S. (Geology): University of Iowa, 1982
- B.A. (Geology): Earlham College, 1980
Research Interests
Taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, and biogeography of mammals, with a focus on shrews and bats; membership and community structure of tropical mammalian faunas.
Publications
Journal Article
- Kennedy, Ashley C., Winter, Wil S., Gardner, Alfred L., Woodman, Neal, Shifflett, Scarlet A., Redus, Sierra, Newcomer, Jeffrey R., and Eckerlin, Ralph P. 2024. "Records of fleas (Siphonaptera) from Delaware." Journal of medical entomology, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae069.
- Woodman, Neal. 2023. "Skeletal indicators of locomotor adaptations in shrews." Therya, 14, (1) 15–37. https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-2218.
- Woodman, Neal. 2023. "Two New Species of Small-Eared Shrews of the Genus Cryptotis Pomel, 1848, from the Colombian Andes (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Annals of Carnegie Museum, 88, (3). https://doi.org/10.2992/007.088.0303.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, Robert M. 2023. "Cryptotis nigrescens (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae)." Mammalian Species, 55, (1035). https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sead011.
- Oates, John F., Woodman, Neal, Gaubert, Philippe, Sargis, Eric J., Wiafe, Edward D., Lecompte, Emilie, Dowsett-Lemaire, Françoise, Dowsett, Robert J., Bi, Sery Gonedelé, Ikemeh, Rachel A., Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S., Tomsett, Louise, and Bearder, Simon K. 2022. "A new species of tree hyrax (Procaviidae: Dendrohyrax) from West Africa and the significance of the Niger-Volta interfluvium in mammalian biogeography." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194, (2) 527–552. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab029.
- Juman, Maya M., Woodman, Neal, Miller-Murthy, Ananth, Olson, Link E., and Sargis, Eric J. 2022. "Taxonomic boundaries in Lesser Treeshrews (Scandentia, Tupaiidae: Tupaia minor)." Journal of mammalogy, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac080.
- Woodman, Neal, Ikram, Salima, and Rowland, Joanne. 2022. "Environmental implications of Ptolemaic Period rodents and shrews from the Sacred Falcon Necropolis at Quesna, Egypt (Mammalia: Muridae and Soricidae)." BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22, (1) 148. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-02101-x.
- 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.
- 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.
- Woodman, Neal. 2021. "The green mole, Astromycter prasinatus T. M. Harris, 1825 (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Talpidae): an origin story." Archives of Natural History, 48, (2) 227–243. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2021.0719.
- 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, 102, (6) 1583–1591. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab094.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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;2.
- 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;2.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, Robert M. 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, (4) 437–476. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[437:CAPRON]2.0.CO;2.
- Woodman, Neal. 2005. "Size evolution in Goodwin's small-eared shrew, Cryptotis goodwini (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae)." Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists, 1, (1) 125–138.
- Woodman, Neal and Croft, D. A. 2005. "Fossil shrews from Honduras and their significance for late glacial evolution in body size (Mammalia: Soricidae: Cryptotis)." Fieldiana. Geology, (51) 1–30.
- Woodman, Neal, Dove, Carla J., and Peurach, Suzanne C. 2005. "A curious pellet from a great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)." Northeastern Naturalist, 12, (2) 127–132.
- Woodman, Neal and James, P. J. M. 2005. "Skeletal morphology of the forefoot in shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) of the genus Cryptotis, as revealed by digital x-rays." Journal of Morphology, 266, (1) 60–73.
- Woodman, Neal and Morgan, J. J. P. 2005. "Skeletal morphology of the forefoot in shrews (Mammalia : Soricidae) of the genus Cryptotis, as revealed by digital x-rays." Journal of Morphology, 266, (1) 60–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10367.
- Woodman, Neal. 2004. "Designation of the type species of Musaraneus Pomel 1848 (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117, (3) 266–270.
- Woodman, Neal and de Pascual, A. Díaz. 2004. "Cryptotis meridensis." Mammalian Species, (761) 1–5.
- Woodman, Neal. 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.
- Woodman, Neal. 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, (3) 399–402.
- Woodman, Neal, Cuartas-Calle, C. A., and Delgado, C. A. 2003. "The humerus of Cryptotis colombiana and its bearing on the species' phylogenetic relationships (Soricomorpha: Soricidae)." Journal of Mammalogy, 84, (3) 832–839.
- Pine, R. H., Woodman, Neal, and Timm, R. M. 2002. "Rediscovery of Enders's small-eared shrew, Cryptotis endersi (Insectivora: Soricidae), with a redescription of the species." Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 67, (6) 372–377.
- Woodman, Neal. 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, (2) 249–272.
- Woodman, Neal, Schneider, Elisa, Grant, Paul, Same, Derrick, Schmall, Karen E., and Curtis, John T. 2002. "A New Southern Distributional Limit for the Central American Rodent Peromyscus stirtoni." Caribbean Journal of Science, 38, (3-4) 281–284.
- Woodman, Neal. 2000. "Cryptotis merriami Choate in Costa Rica: Syntopy with Cryptotis nigrescens (Allen) and Possible Character Displacement (Mammalian: Insectivora)." Caribbean Journal of Science, 36, (3-4) 289–299.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, R. M. 2000. "Taxonomy and Evolutionary Relationships of Phillips' Small-Eared Shrew, Cryptotis phillipsii (Schaldach, 1966), from Oaxaca, Mexico (Mammalian: Insectivora: Soricidae)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, (2) 339–355.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, R. M. 1998. "Geographic variation and evolutionary relationships among broad-clawed shrews of the Cryptotis goldmani-group (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae)." Fieldiana. Zoology, (91) 1–35.
- Woodman, Neal, Slade, N. A., Timm, R. M., and Schmidt, C. A. 1995. "Mammalian Community Structure in Lowland, Tropical Peru, as Determined by Removal Trapping." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, (1) 1–20.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, R. M. 1993. "Intraspecific and interspecific variation in the Cryptotis nigrescens species complex of small-eared shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae), with the description of a new species from Colombia." Fieldiana. Zoology, (74) 1–30.
- Woodman, Neal and Timm, R. M. 1992. "A new species of small-eared shrew, genus Cryptotis (Insectivora : soricidae), from Honduras." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 105, (1) 1–12.
Book Chapter
- 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). Kraker, Christian, Calderón, Ana P., and Cabrera, Andrea A., editors. 19–29. Guatemala: Asociación Guatemalteca de Mastozoólogos.
- Feinstein, Sandy and Woodman, Neal. 2012. "Shrews, Rats, and a Polecat in the "Pardoner's Tale"." In Rethinking Chaucerian Beasts: The New Middle Ages. Van Dyke, Carolynn, editor. 49–66. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Woodman, Neal and Pefaur, J. E. 2008. "Order Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910." In Mammals of South America. Volume I: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats.. Gardner, Alfred L., editor. 177–187. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Woodman, Neal. 2005. "Evolution and biogeography of Mexican small-eared shrews of the Cryptotis mexicana-group (Insectivora: Soricidae)." In Contribuciones Mastozoológicas en Homenaje a Bernardo Villa. Sanchez-Cordero, V. and Medellín, R. A., editors. 513–524. Instituto de Biología e Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City.
Book
- Woodman, Neal. 2018. American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-6696.650.
- Woodman, Neal, Jenkinson, Marian A., and Foster, Mercedes S. 1994. Latin American Research Libraries in Natural History: A Survey. 2nd ed. Chicago, Illinois: Council of Biology Editors.