Education

Ph.D. - Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (1976)
M.S. - Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (1971)
B.S. - Biology, Anthropology & Secondary Education, Eastern New Mexico Univ., Portales, NM (1967)

Research & Teaching Interests

• Vertebrate Ecology, Systematics, Mammalogy, Ornithology, Herpetology.
• Biogeography of North American deserts and Endangered Species.

Selected Publications

Romero-Almaraz, M. C. Wooten, and T. L. Best. In press. Flight speeds of three species of Neotropical bats (Glossophaga soricina, Natalus stramineus, and Carollia subrufa). Acta Chiropterologica.

Schnell, G. D., M. L. Kennedy, C. Sánchez-Hernández, M. de L. Romero-Almaraz, B. D. N. Estevez, J.A. Guerrero, T. L. Best, M. C. Wooten, and R. D. Owen. In press. A species of increased concern in a biodiversity hotspot: conservation status, demographic features, and habitat preference of the endemic marsh deer mouse (Peromyscus perfulvus). The Southwestern Naturalist.

Hester, L. C., and T. L. Best. 2007. Rabies in bats from Alabama. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 42:291-299. 

White, J. A., P. R. Moosman, Jr., C. H. Kilgore, and T. L. Best. 2006. First record of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) from southern New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 51:420-422. 

López‑González, C., and T. L. Best. 2006. Current status of wintering sites of Mexican free‑tailed bats Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico. Vertebrata Mexicana, 18:13-22.

Mantooth, S. L., and T. L. Best. 2005. Chaetodipus eremicus. Mammalian Species, 768:1-3.

Mantooth, S. L., and T. L. Best. 2005. Chaetodipus penicillatus. Mammalian Species, 767:1-7.

Hunt, J. L., J. E. Morris, and T. L. Best. 2004. Nyctomys sumichrasti. Mammalian Species, 754:106.

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