Alfred L. Gardner

Alfred Lunt Gardner (born November 10, 1937), U.S. mammalogist, primarily studying species of the western hemisphere.

• Curator, New World Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
• Wildlife Biologist, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, United States Geological Survey, Laurel, Maryland

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 23 taxon names authored by Alfred L. Gardner

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1962

• Gardner, A.L. 1962. A new bat of the genus Glossophaga from Mexico. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 54: 1–7. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1971

• Gardner, A.L. & O’Neill, J.P. 1971. A new species of Sturnira (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 42: 1–7. PDF Reference page. 

1972

• Gardner, A.L. & Carter, D.C. 1972. A new stenodermine bat (Phyllostomatidae) from Peru. Occasional Papers, The Museum Texas Tech University 2: 1–4. BHL Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. & Patton, J.L. 1972. New species of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) and Mimon (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of Louisiana State University 43: 1–12. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1974

• Musser, G.G. & Gardner, A.L. 1974. A new species of the ichthyomyine Daptomys from Peru. American Museum Novitates 2537: 1–23. hdl: 2246/2740 Reference page. 

1989

• Gardner, A.L. & Creighton, G.K. 1989. A new generic name for Tate's (1933) Microtarsus group of South American mouse opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(1): 3–7. BHL Reference page. 

1990

• Gardner, A.L. 1990. Two new mammals from southern Venezuela and comments on the affinities of the highland fauna of Cerro de la Neblina. pp. 411-424. In: Redford, K.H. & Eisenberg, J.F. (Eds.). Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy. Sandhill Crance Press, Gainesville, USA. 614p. ISBN 978-1-87774-302-3 Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. & Ferrell, C.S. 1990. Comments On The Nomenclature Of Some Neotropical Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(3): 501–508. BHL Reference page. 

1993

• Gardner, A.L. & Romo R., M. 1993. A new Thomasomys (Mammalia : Rodentia) from the Peruvian Andes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(4): 762–774. BHL Reference page. 
• Leo L., M. & Gardner, A.L. 1993. A new species of a giant Thomasomys (Mammalia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae) from the Andes of northcentral Peru. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(3): 417–428. BHL Reference page. 

1998

• Musser, G.G., Carleton, M.D., Brothers, E.M. & Gardner, A.L. 1998. Systematic studies of Oryzomyine rodents (Muridae, Sigmodontinae): diagnoses and distributions of species formerly assigned to Oryzomys "capito". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 236: 1–376. hdl: 2246/1630 Reference page. 

2004

• Voss, R.S., Gardner, A.L. & Jansa, S.A. 2004. On the relationships of Marmosa formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the chaco of northern Argentina. American Museum Novitates 3442: 1-18. Full article Reference page. 

2005

• Albuja V., L. & Gardner, A.L. 2005. A new species of Lonchophylla Thomas (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(2): 442–449. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2009

• Gardner, A.L. & Carleton, M.D. 2009. Chapter 5. A New Species of Reithrodontomys, Subgenus Aporodon (Cricetidae: Neotominae), from the Highlands of Costa Rica, with Comments on Costa Rican and Panamanian Reithrodontomys. In Voss, R.S. & Carleton, M.D. (eds.) Systematic Mammalogy: Contributions in Honor of Guy G. Musser. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 157–182. DOI: 10.1206/582-5.1 ; hdl: 2246/6035 Reference page. 
• Velazco, P.M. & Gardner, A.L. 2009. Description of a new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of Platyrrhinus aquilus and P. umbratus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(3): 249-281. DOI: 10.2988/08-40.1 Reference page. 

2010

• Velazco, P.M., Gardner, A.L. & Patterson, B.D. 2010. Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(3): 785–812. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00610.x Reference page. 

2012

• Velazco, P.M. & Gardner, A.L. 2012. A new species of Lophostoma d’Orbigny, 1836 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama. Journal of Mammalogy 93(2): 605-614. DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-217.1 Reference page. 

2013

• Moratelli, R., Gardner, A.L., Oliveira, J.A. & Wilson, D.E. 2013. Review of Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from northern South America, including description of a new species. American Museum Novitates 3780: 1–36. DOI: 10.1206/3780.2 ; hdl: 2246/6444 Reference page. 

2014

• Tavares, V.C., Gardner, A. L., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E. & Velazco, P.M. 2014. Systematics of Vampyressa melissa Thomas, 1926 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species of Vampyressa. American Museum Novitates 3813: 1–27. DOI: 10.1206/3813.1 Reference page. 

Eponyms

• Proechimys gardneri da Silva, 1998
• Rhipidomys gardneri Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000
• Monodelphis gardneri Solari, Pacheco, Vivar & Emmons, 2012
• Gardnerycteris Hurtado & Pacheco, 2014
• Peromyscus gardneri Lorenzo, Álvarez-Castañeda, Pérez-Consuegra & Patton, 2016

Links

• Staff Profile at USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• Staff Information, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History