Kristofer Michael Helgen
Kristofer Michael Helgen (1980–), U.S. mammalogist.
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., United States.
Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
- 33 taxon names authored by Kristofer Michael Helgen
Publications
(List may be incomplete)
2003
- Helgen, K.M. 2003. Major mammalian clades: A review under consideration of molecular and palaeontological evidence. Mammalian Biology 68(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-1610057 Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. 2003. A review of the rodent fauna of Seram, Moluccas, with the description of a new subspecies of mosaic-tailed rat, Melomys rufescens paveli. Journal of Zoology 261(2): 165–172. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004035 Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. & Flannery, T.F. 2003. Taxonomy and historical distribution of the wallaby genus Lagostrophus. Australian Journal of Zoology 51(3): 199–212. DOI: 10.1071/ZO02078 Full article (PDF) via ResearchGate Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. & Wilson, D.E. 2003. Taxonomic status and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon spp.) of the West Indies. Journal of Zoology 259(1): 69–76. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902002972 Reference page.
2004
- Helgen, K.M. & Flannery, T.F. 2004. A new species of bandicoot, Microperoryctes aplini, from western New Guinea Journal of Zoology 264(2): 117–124. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005667 Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. & Flannery, T.F. 2004. Notes on the phalangerid marsupial genus Spilocuscus, with description of a new species from Papua. Journal of Mammalogy 85(5): 825–833. DOI: 10.1644/BER-110 Reference page.
- Roca, A.L., Bar-Gal, G.K., Eizirik, E., Helgen, K.M., Maria, R., Springer, M.S., O’Brien, S.J. & Murphy, W.J. 2004. Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores. Nature 429(6992): 649–651. DOI: 10.1038/nature02597
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2005
- Helgen, K.M. 2005. A new species of murid rodent (genus Mayermys) from south-eastern New Guinea. Mammalian Biology 70(1): 61–67. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00176 Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. 2005. The amphibious murines of New Guinea (Rodentia, Muridae): The generic status of Baiyankamys and description of a new species of Hydromys. Zootaxa 913: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M. 2005. Systematics of the Pacific monkey-faced bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a new species of Pteralopex and a new Fijian genus. Systematics and Biodiversity 3(4): 433–453. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001702 Reference page.
2007
- Helgen, K.M. 2007. A taxonomic and geographic overview of the mammal fauna of Papua. pp. 689–749 in Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Ecology of Indonesia. Part One. Periplus Editions: Singapore. 784 pp. ISBN 9781462906796 Reference page.
2008
- Helgen, K.M., Lim, N.T-L. & Helgen, L.E. 2008. The hog-badger is not an edentate: systematics and evolution of the genus Arctonyx (Mammalia: Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(2): 353–385. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00416.x Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Musser, G.G., Helgen, K.M. & Lunde, D.P. 2008. Systematic review of New Guinea Leptomys (Muridae: Murinae) with descriptions of two new species. American Museum Novitates 3624: 1–60. DOI: 10.1206/587.1 ; hdl: 2246/5935
Reference page. - Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Wilson, D.E. & Buckner, S.D. 2008. Molecular confirmation of the origin and invasive status of West Indian raccoons. Journal of Mammalogy 89(2): 282–291. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-155R.1 Reference page.
- Giannini, N.P., Almeida, F.C., Simmons, N.B. & Helgen, K.M. 2008. The systematic position of Pteropus leucopterus and its bearing on the monophyly and relationships of Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica 10(1): 11–20. DOI: 10.3161/150811008X331054 Reference page.
2009
- Helgen, K.M. & Helgen, L.E. 2009. Chapter 8. Biodiversity and biogeography of the moss-mice of New Guinea: a taxonomic revision of Pseudohydromys (Muridae: Murinae). Pp. 230–313 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: 450 pp. DOI: 10.1206/582-8.1 handle. Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M., Cole, F.R., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.E. 2009. Generic Revision in the Holarctic Ground Squirrel Genus Spermophilus. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2): 270–305. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-309.1 JSTOR PDF Reference page.
- Helgen, K.M., Armstrong, K.N., Guzinski, J., How, R.A. & Donnellan, S.C. 2009. Taxonomic status of the Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900, as assessed by morphometric and molecular phylogenetic investigations of Indo-Australian Pipistrellus. Report to the Commonwealth Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 26 pp. Reference page.
2010
- Helgen, K.M., Leary, T. & Aplin, K.P. 2010. A review of Microhydromys (Rodentia: Murinae), with description of a new species from Southern New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 3676: 1–22. DOI: 10.1206/632.1 handle. Reference page.
- Asher, R.J. & Helgen, K.M. 2010. Nomenclature and placental mammal phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 102. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-102 Reference page.
2012
- Helgen, K.M., Miguez, R.P., Kohen, J.L. & Helgen, L.E. 2012. Twentieth century occurrence of the long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijnii in the Kimberley region of Australia. ZooKeys 255: 103–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.255.3774 Reference page.
2013
- Helgen, K.M., Pinto, C.M., Kays, R., Helgen, L.E., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Quinn, A., Wilson, D.E. & Maldonado, J.E. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the olingos (Bassaricyon), with description of a new species, the Olinguito. ZooKeys 324: 1–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.324.5827 Reference page.
- Buden, D.W., Helgen, K.M. & Wiles, G.J. 2013. Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of flying foxes (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) in the Mortlock Islands and Chuuk State, Caroline Islands. ZooKeys 345: 97–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.345.5840 Reference page.
- Fabre, P.-H., Pagès, M., Musser, G.G., Fitriana, Y.S., Fjeldså, J., Jennings, A., Jønsson, K., Kennedy, J., Michaux, J., Semiadi, G., Supriatna, N. & Helgen, K.M. 2013. A new genus of rodent from Wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169(2): 408–447. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12061 Reference page.
2014
- Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., Simmons, N.B. & Helgen, K.M. 2014. Each flying fox on its own branch: A phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 83–95. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.009 Reference page.
- Scheel, D.-M., Slater, G.J., Kolokotronis, S.-O., Potter, C.W., Rotstein, D.S., Tsangaras, K., Greenwood, A.D. & Helgen, K.M. 2014. Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology. ZooKeys 409: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.409.6244. Reference page.
2015
- Gutiérrez, E.E., Maldonado, J.E., Radosavljevic, A., Molinari, J., Patterson, B.D., Martínez-C., J., Rutter, A.R., Hawkins, M.T.R., Garcia, F.J. & Helgen, K.M. 2015. The Taxonomic Status of Mazama bricenii and the Significance of the Táchira Depression for Mammalian Endemism in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129113. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129113 Reference page.
2016
- Hawkins, M.T.R., Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Rockwood, L.L., Tsuchiya, M.T.N. & Leonard, J.A. 2016. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plain long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, Nannosciurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(part B): 752–764. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.023 Reference page.
- Hawkins, M.T.R., Leonard, J.A., Helgen, K.M., McDonough, M.M., Rockwood, L.L. & Maldonado, J.E. 2016. Evolutionary history of endemic Sulawesi squirrels constructed from UCEs and mitogenomes sequenced from museum specimens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 80. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0650-z Reference page.
2017
- Moratelli, R., Wilson, D.E., Novaes, R.L.M., Helgen, K.M. & Gutiérrez, E.E. 2017. Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 994–1008. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx062 Reference page.
- Gutiérrez, E.E., Helgen, K.M., McDonough, M.M., Bauer, F., Hawkins, M.T.R., Escobedo-Morales, L.A., Patterson, B.D. & Maldonado, J.E. 2017. A gene-tree test of the traditional taxonomy of American deer: the importance of voucher specimens, geographic data, and dense sampling. ZooKeys 697: 87–131. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.697.15124 Reference page.
- Jackson, S.M., Groves, C.P., Fleming, P.J.S., Aplin, K.P., Eldridge, M.D.B., Gonzalez, A. & Helgen, K.M. 2017. The Wayward Dog: Is the Australian native dog or Dingo a distinct species? Zootaxa 4317(2): 201–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.2.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
2018
- Fabre, P.-H., Reeve, A.H., Fitriana, Y.S., Aplin, K.P. & Helgen, K.M. 2018. A new species of Halmaheramys (Rodentia: Muridae) from Bisa and Obi Islands (North Maluku Province, Indonesia). Journal of Mammalogy 99(1): 187–208. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx160 Reference page.
2019
- Jackson, S.M., Fleming, P.J.S., Eldridge, M.D.B., Ingleby, S., Flannery, T.F., Johnson, R.N., Cooper, S.J.B., Mitchell, K.J., Souilmi, Y., Cooper, A., Wilson, D.E. & Helgen, K.M. 2019. The Dogma of Dingoes—Taxonomic status of the dingo: A reply to Smith et al. Zootaxa 4564(1): 198–212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.7 pdf Reference page.
2020
- Roos, C., Helgen, K.M., Miguez, R.P., Thant, N.M.L., Lwin, N., Lin, A. K., Lin, A., Yi, K.M., Soe, P., Hein, Z.M., Myint, M.N.N., Ahmed, T., Chetry, D., Uhr, M., Veatch, E.G., Duncan, N., Kamminga, P., Chua, M.A.H., Yao, L., Matauschek, C., Meyer, D., Liu, Z.-J., Li, M., Nadler, T., Fan, P.-F., Quyet, L.K., Hofreiter, M., Zinner, D. & Momberg, F. 2020. Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Asian colobine genus Trachypithecus with special focus on Trachypithecus phayrei (Blyth, 1847) and description of a new species. Zoological Research 41(6): 656–669. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.254 PDF Reference page.
2021
- Li, Q., Cheng, F., Jackson, S.M., Helgen, K.M., Song, W.-Y., Liu, S.-Y., Sanamxay, D., Li, S., Li, F., Xiong, Y., Jiang, X.-L., Sun, J. & Wang, H.-J. 2021. Phylogenetic and morphological significance of an overlooked flying squirrel (Pteromyini, Rodentia) from the eastern Himalayas with the description of a new genus Zoological Research, 42(4): 389-400. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.039 Reference page.
- Li, Q., Jackson, S.M., Wan, T., Li, X.-Y., Yu, F.H., Gao, G., He, L.K., Helgen, K.M. & Jiang, X.-L. 2021. Across the great divide: revision of the genus Eupetaurus (Sciuridae: Pteromyini), the woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (2): 502–526. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab018 Reference page.
2022
- Flannery, T.F., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Ziegler, T., Veatch, E.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2022. A review of monotreme (Monotremata) evolution. Alcheringa 46(1): 3–20. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2022.2025900 . Reference page.
2023
- Veatch, E.G., Fabre, P.-H., Tocheri, M.W., Sutikna, T., Saptomo, E.W., Musser, G.G. & Helgen, K.M. 2023. A new giant shrew rat (Rodentia, Muridae, Murinae) from Flores, Indonesia and a comparative investigation of its ecomorphology. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5): 741-764 DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1781 Reference page.
2024
- Flannery, T.F., McCurry, M.R., Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Smith, E.T. & Helgen, K.M. 2024. A diverse assemblage of monotremes (Monotremata) from the Cenomanian Lightning Ridge fauna of New South Wales, Australia. Alcheringa 48(2): 319–337. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2024.2348753 Reference page.