Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Ph.D.
Email: j.salazar-bravo@ttu.edu
Phone: +1 (806) 834-3718
Evolution, Systematics and Disease Ecology of Neotropical Mammals
Research Groups: Ecology & Environmental Biology, Systematics & Evolution
Fax:(806) 742-2963
- Ph.D., Biology, University of New Mexico (2000)
- B.Sc., Biologia, Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia (1988)

Research Interests
Evolution and systematics of Neotropical mammals; the interplay between systematics and disease ecology.
Recent Publications
Google Scholar Profile2024
Brito J, R Garcia, F Castellanos#, G Gavilanes, J Curay, JC Carrion-Olmedo, D Reyes-Barriga, JM Guayasamin, J Salazar-Bravo and CM Pinto. 2024. Two new species of Thomasomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the western Andes of Ecuador and an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 709-734. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e128528.
Revollo-Cadima# S and J Salazar-Bravo. 2024. Identifying Areas of Conservation Importance Based on Spatial Patterns of Evolutionary Diversity for Non-Volant Small Mammals in the Andean Puna. Journal of Arid Environments 224: 105230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2024.105230
Storz JF, Quiroga-Carmona M, Liphardt S, Herrera N, Bautista NM, Opazo JC, Rico Cernohorska A, Salazar-Bravo J, Good JM & G. DElía. 2024. Extreme high-elevation mammal surveys reveal unexpectedly high upper range limits of Andean mice. The American Naturalist 203: 726-735 https://doi.org/10.1086/729513.
Bernal-Hoverud# N, D Morales-Moreno, EE Quispe, J Rojas, O Torrico, RB Wallace, and J Salazar-Bravo. 2024. First record of Neogaleafricana (Desmarest, 1818), Amazon weasel (Carnivora, Mustelidae), in Bolivia. Check List 20 (3): 828–832. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.3.828
Acosta LF, J Poma-Urey, K Barboza-Marquez, K Rivero, J Ochoa, J Salazar-Bravo. 2024. First records of Lasiurusatratus Handley 1996, L. castaneus Handley, 1960 and Aeorestesegregius (W. Peters, 1870) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) for Bolivia. Check List 20 (4): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.1.
Pacheco LF, Méndez de la Cruz FR, Buchori D and J. Salazar-Bravo. 2024. Increasing the size and coverage of protected areas will not be enough for effective biodiversity conservation. Biodiversity, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14888386.2024.2403034.
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