Texas Tech University

Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences

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)
Jorge Salazar-Bravo

Research Interests

Evolution and systematics of Neotropical mammals; the interplay between systematics and disease ecology.

Recent Publications

2024

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. 

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. 

Storz JF, Quiroga-Carmona M, Liphardt S, Herrera N, Bautista NM, Opazo JC, Rico Cernohorska A, Salazar-Bravo J, Good JM & G. D’Elía. 2024. Extreme high-elevation mammal surveys reveal unexpectedly high upper range limits of Andean mice. The American Naturalist 203: 726-735.

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. 

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. 

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. 

Department of Biological Sciences

  • Address

    Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Box 43131 Lubbock, TX 79409
  • Phone

    806.742.2715
  • Email

    biology@ttu.edu