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Troy L. Best Ph.D.,
Alumni Professor & Curator of Mammals

Office Location: 
350 Funchess

Mailing Address:
Biological Sciences
331 Funchess Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: 334/844‑9260
Fax: (334) 844-9234
besttro@auburn.edu
 

Research Web Page

Professional Experience
1992-present, Auburn University

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, Mammology, Ornithology, Herpetology.
Biogeography of North American deserts and Endangered Species

Recent 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.

Courses:

Undergraduate Graduate
BIOL-2500 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 hr summer) BIOL-7060 Advanced Mammalogy (4 hr, alt fall)
BIOL-2510 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 hr, fall) BIOL-7980 Ecology & Behavior of Bats (3 hr, irregular)
BIOL-5760/6760 Mammalogy (4 hr, fall) BIOL-7980 Desert Mammals (3 hours, summer)
BIOL-5160/6160 Field Biology and Ecology (4 hr, summer)  
BIOL-4980 Undergrad Research (2-4 hrs, fall, spring, summer