Ms Paula Jenkins
Senior Curator, Mammals
Division: LS Vertebrates Division
Team: Louise Tomsett, Paulina Jenkins Specialisms: Systematics of Afrosoricida and Soricomorpha. Biogeography of Madagascan and Southeast Asian small mammal fauna.
Summary
Organise, maintain and enhance the Mammal Collection, with particularly focus on the Afrosoricida, Soricomorpha and Rodentia. Advise on mammalian nomenclature, identification and identification methods. Analyse and disseminate information on the Collection and its archive and library. Study the systematics of Afrosoricida, Soricomorpha, Chiroptera, Rodentia and Primates, and the biogeography of the Madagascan and Southeast Asian small mammal fauna.
Qualifications
- BSc, University of London, United Kingdom
Degrees
Employment history
- Senior Curator, Mammal Group, Natural History Museum, Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2011 - ongoing
- Collection Manager, Mammal Group, Natural History Museum, Zoology, United Kingdom, 1990 - 2011
- Senior Scientific Officer, Mammal Section, British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, United Kingdom, 1988 - 1990
- Higher Scientific Officer, Mammal Section, British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, United Kingdom, 1978 - 1988
- Scientific Officer, Mammal Section, British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, United Kingdom, 1973 - 1978
Academic
Grants
Database the small mammal collection
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: John Ellerman Foundation
Total value £31,500 (to Museum £31,500)
Dates: 2012 - 2013
Committees
Member, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group, 2017 - on going.
Member, International Organising Committee and Editorial Board for the 12th African Small Mammal Symposium., 2014 - 2015.
Member, Nomenclature Committee of the International Federation of Mammalogists., 2007 - on going.
Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission Afrotheria Specialist Group., 2001 - on going.
Member, IUCN Species Survival Commission Insectivore Specialist Group, 1997 - 2005.
Editorships
Board member, Madagascar Conservation and Development., 2011 - on going.
Board member, Folia Primatologia, 1988 - 2002.
Events
Workshop Attendance
Invited participant, IUCN/SSC Red List Assessment process for the Tenrecidae, (Workshop),
Invited participant, IUCN / SSC Global Mammal Assessment workshop on mammals of Madagascar, (Workshop), 2005 - 2005.
Invited participant, IUCN / SSC Global Mammal Assessment workshop on African mammals, (Workshop), 2004 - 2004.
Publications
Jenkins P, Sealy S (2022) The problems of resolving historical specimen data, focusing on a specimen of Myotis austroriparius (Mammalia; Chiroptera; Vespertilionidae) collected by Thomas Drummond.. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100 : 281 - 295. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2021-0211
Stephenson PJ, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM, Nicoll ME, Andrianjakarivelo V, Everson KM, Hoffmann M, Jenkins PD, Olson LE, Raheriarisena M, Rakotondraparany F, Rakotondravony D, Randrianjafy V, Ratsifandrihamanana N, Taylor A (2021) Review of the status and conservation of tenrecs (Mammalia: Afrotheria: Tenrecidae). Oryx, 55 (1) : 13 - 22. doi: 10.1017/s0030605318001205
Stephenson PJ, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM, Nicoll ME, Andrianjakarivelo V, Everson KM, Hoffman M, Jenkins PD, Olson LE, Raheriarisena M, Rakotondraparany F, Rakotondravony D, Randrianjafy V, Ratsifandrihamanana N, Taylor A (2019) Review of the status and conservation of tenrecs (Mammalia: Afrotheria: Tenrecidae). Oryx, 53 : 1 - 10. doi: 10.1017/S00330605318001205
Bannikova AA, Jenkins PD, Solovyeva EN, Pavlova SV, Demidova TB, Simanovsky SA, Sheftel BI, Lebedev VS, Fang Y, Dalen L, Abramov AV (null) Who are you, Griselda? A replacement name for a new genus of the Asiatic short-tailed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Soricidae): molecular and morphological analyses with the discussion of tribal affinities. ZooKeys, 888 : 133 - 158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.888.37982
Jenkins P, Masters J, Groves C, Couette S (2018) Case 3742 — Galago demidoff Fischer, 1806 (currently Galagoides; Mammalia, Primates, Galagidae): proposed conservation of the specific name and designation of a neotype. Lemur minutus Cuvier, 1797: proposed designation of a neotype. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75 (1) : 21 - 21. doi: 10.21805/bzn.v75.a008
Burgin CJ, He K, Haslauer R, Sheftel BI, Jenkins PD, Ruedi M, Hintsche S, Motokawa M, Hinckley A, Hutterer R (2018) Species accounts of Soricidae., In: Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, sloths and colugos., Wilson DE, Mittermeier RA (Eds). Lynx Edicions : Barcelona.
Jenkins P (2018) Family Tenrecidae (tenrecs and shrew tenrecs)., In: Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, sloths and colugos., Wilson DE, Mittermeier RA (Eds). Lynx Edicions : Barcelona. 134 - 172.
Jenkins PD, Hutterer R (2017) A tribute to Marjorie Greenwood, née George (1924–2006), a neglected mammalian scientist.. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 66 (1) : 11 - 14.
Brandon-Jones D, Groves CP, Jenkins PD (2016) The type specimens and type localities of the orangutans, genusPongoLacépède, 1799 (Primates: Hominidae). Journal of Natural History, 50 (33-34) : 2051 - 2095. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1190414
Jenkins PD (2016) Family Diatomyidae (Kha-nyou)., In: Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol.6. Lagomorphs and rodents I., Wilson DE, Lacher Jr TE, Mittermeier RA (Eds). Lynx Edicions : Barcelona. 300 - 303.
Wilmé L, Waeber PO, Moutou F, Gardner CJ, Razafindratsima O, Sparks J, Kull CA, Ferguson B, Lourenço WR, Jenkins PD, Ramamonjisoa L, Burney DA, Lowry PP (null) A proposal for ethical research conduct in Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation & Development, 11 (1) : doi: 10.4314/mcd.v11i1.8
Petersen A, Jensen J-K, Jenkins P, Bloch D, Ingimarsson F (2014) A Review of the Occurrence of Bats (Chiroptera) on Islands in the North East Atlantic and on North Sea Installations. Acta Chiropterologica, 16 (1) : 169 - 195. doi: 10.3161/150811014x683381
Jenkins PD (2013) AN ACCOUNT OF THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN SORICID COMMUNITY, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CROCIDURA (MAMMALIA: SORICOMORPHA: SORICIDAE). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 161 - 175.
Jenkins P, Abramov A, Bannikova А, Rozhnov V (null) Bones and genes: resolution problems in three Vietnamese species of Crocidura (Mammalia, Soricomorpha, Soricidae) and the description of an additional new species. ZooKeys, 313 : 61 - 79. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.313.4823
Jenkins PD, Churchfield S (2013) Crocidura and Myosorex species accounts., In: Mammals of Africa, Happold M, Happold DCD (Eds). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc : London, New Delhi, New York, Sydney.
Durbin J, Funk SM, Hawkins F, Hills DM, Jenkins PD, Moncrieff CB, Ralainasolo FB (2010) Investigations into the status of a new taxon ofSalanoia(Mammalia: Carnivora: Eupleridae) from the marshes of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8 (3) : 341 - 355. doi: 10.1080/14772001003756751
JENKINS PD, ABRAMOV AV, ROZHNOV VV, OLSSON A (null) A new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from southern Vietnam and north-eastern Cambodia. Zootaxa, 2345 (1) : 60 - 60. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2345.1.5
Jenkins PD, Lunde DP, Moncrieff CB (2009) Descriptions of New Species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Mainland Southeast Asia, with Synopses of Previously Described Species and Remarks on Biogeography. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 356 - 405.
Jenkins PD, Lunde DP, Moncrieff CB (2009) Chapter 10. Descriptions of new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from mainland Southeast Asia, with synopses of previously described species and remarks on biogeography, In: Systematic mammalogy: contributions in honour of Guy G. Musser, Voss RS, Carleton MC (Eds). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 331 : 356 - 405.
Oates JF, Groves CP, Jenkins PD (2009) The type locality of Pan troglodytes vellerosus (Gray, 1862), and implications for the nomenclature of West African chimpanzees. Primates, 50 (1) : 78 - 80. doi: 10.1007/s10329-008-0116-z
Reardon T, Adams M, McKenzie N, Jenkins P (2008) A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp nov (Chiroptera : Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). ZOOTAXA, 1 - 31.
Abramov AV, Jenkins PD, Rozhnov VV, Kalinin AA (2008) Description of a new species of Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from the island of Phu Quoc, Vietnam. mammalia, 72 (4) : doi: 10.1515/mamm.2008.033
Fitzherbert E, Gardner T, Caro T, Jenkins P (2007) Habitat preferences of small mammals in the Katavi ecosystem of western Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 45 (3) : 249 - 257. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00699.x
BRANDON-JONES D, DUCKWORTH JW, JENKINS PD, RYLANDS AB, SARMIENTO EE (null) The genitive of species-group scientific names formed from personal names. Zootaxa, 1541 (1) : 41 - 48. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1541.1.4
Shimada T, Aplin KP, Jenkins P, Suzuki H (2007) Rediscovery of Mus nitidulus Blyth (Rodentia : Muridae), an endemic murine rodent of the central basin of Myanmar. ZOOTAXA, 45 - 68.
Brandon-Jones D, Duckworth JW, Jenkins PD, Rylands AB, Sarmiento EE (2007) The genetive of species-group scientific names formed from personal names. Zootaxa, 1541 : 41 - 48.
Huchon D, Chevret P, Jordan U, Kilpatrick CW, Ranwez V, Jenkins PD, Brosius J, Schmitz J (2007) Multiple molecular evidences for a living mammalian fossil. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (18) : 7495 - 7499. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0701289104
JENKINS PD, ABRAMOV AV, ROZHNOV VV, MAKAROVA OV (null) Description of two new species of white-toothed shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Ngoc Linh Mountain, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 1589 (1) : 57 - 68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1589.1.5
Jenkins PD, Carleton MD (2005) Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major's expedition to Madagascar, 1894 to 1896: beginnings of modern systematic study of the island's mammalian fauna. Journal of Natural History, 39 (20) : 1779 - 1818. doi: 10.1080/00222930400023719
Jenkins PD, Kilpatrick CW, Robinson MF, Timmins RJ (2005) Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR. Systematics and Biodiversity, 2 (4) : 419 - 454. doi: 10.1017/s1477200004001549
CHEVRET P, JENKINS P, CATZEFLIS F (2003) Evolutionary systematics of the Indian mouse Mus famulusBonhote, 1898: molecular (DNA/DNA hybridization and 12S rRNA sequences) and morphological evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 137 (3) : 385 - 401. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00050.x
Jenkins PD (2003) Microgale, shrew tenrecs, In: The Natural History of Madagascar, Goodman SM, Benstead JP (Eds). null : 1273 - 1278.
Robinson MF, Jenkins PD, Francis CM, Fulford AJC (2003) A new species of the Hipposideros pratti group (Chiroptera, Hipposideridae) from Lao PDR and Vietnam. Acta Chiropterologica, 5 : 31 - 48.
Jenkins PD, Robinson MF (2002) Another variation on the gymnure theme: description of a new species of Hylomys (Lipotyphla, Erinaceidae, Galericinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology), 68 (1) : 1 - 11.
Andreone F (2000) null. Biodiversity and Conservation, 9 (12) : 1587 - 1622. doi: 10.1023/a:1026559728808
Goodman SM, Jenkins PD, Rakotondravony D (2000) The biogeography of rodents (Rodentia: Muridae: Nesomyinae) and tenrecids (Lipotyphla: Tenrecidae) in the eastern forests of Madagascar: an assessment of altitudinal zonation along a latitudinal gradient., In: Diversité et Endémisme à Madagascar. Mémoires de la Société de Biogéographie., Lourenco WR, Goodman SM (Eds). null : Paris. 127 - 138.
Hawkins AFA, Hawkins CE, Jenkins PD (2000) Mungotictis decemlineata lineata (Carnivora: Herpestidae), a mysterious Malagasy mongoose. Journal of Natural History, 34 (2) : 305 - 310. doi: 10.1080/002229300299642
Smith AL, Robinson MF, Jenkins PD (2000) A collection of shrews (Insectivora : Soricidae) from north-east Thailand. MAMMALIA, 64 (2) : 250 - 253.
Goodman SM, Rasolonandrasana BPN, Jenkins PD (1999) Les Insectivores (Ordre Lipotyphyla), In: Inventaire biologique de la réserve spéciale du pic d’Ivohibe et du couloir forestier qui la relie au Parc national d’Andringitra. Recherches pour le Developpement, Série Sciences biologiques., Goodman SM, Rasolonandrasana BPN (Eds). Centre d'Information et de Documentation Scientifique et Technique. : Antananarivo, Madagascar. 119 - 134.
Jenkins PD, Goodman SM (1999) A new species of Microgale (Lipotyphla, Tenrecidae) from isolated forest in southwestern Madagascar. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology), 65 (2) : 155 - 164.
Bates PJJ, Harrison DL, Jenkins PD, Walston JL (1998) Three rare species of Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) new to Vietnam.. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 43 (4) : 359 - 374.
Csorba G, Jenkins PD (1998) First records and a new subspecies of Rhinolophus stheno (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) from Vietnam. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology), 64 (2) : 207 - 211.
Gentry A, Groves CP, Jenkins PD (1998) Comment on the proposed conservation of the name Loris E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796 (Mammalia: Primates). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55 (2) : 118 - 119.
Jenkins PD, Ruedi M, Catzeflis FM (1998) A biochemical and morphological investigation of Suncus dayi (Dobson, 1888) and discussion of relationships in Suncus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833, Crocidura Wagler, 1832, and Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904 (Insectivora: Soricidae).. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 47 (3-4) : 257 - 276.
Danielsen F, Heegaard M, Jenkins PD (1997) First records of Megaerops wetmorei Taylor, 1934, Balionycteris maculata (Thomas, 1893) and Murina cyclotis Dobson, 1872 (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Sumatra, Indonesia.. Mammalia, 61 (2) : 276 - 280.
Goodman SM, Jenkins PD, Langrand O (1997) Exceptional records of Microgale species (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) in vertebrate food remains.. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 47 : 135 - 138.
Jenkins P (1997) John Edwards Hill, 1928-1997 - An appreciation. MAMMALIA, 61 (2) : 287 - 289.
Jenkins PD, Barnett AA (1997) A new species of water mouse, of the genus Chibchanomys (Rodentia, Muridae, Sigmodontinae) from Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology, 63 : 123 - 128.
Jenkins PD, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (1997) A new species of Microgale (Insectivora, Tenrecidae), with comments on the status of four other taxa of shrew tenrecs. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology, 63 : 1 - 12.
Jenkins PD, Goodman SM, Raxworthy CJ (1996) The shrew tenrecs (Microgale) (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar, In: A Floral and Faunal Inventory of the Eastern Slopes of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: With Reference to Elevational Variation., Goodman SM (Eds). null : 191 - 297.
Jenkins PD, Smith AL (1995) A new species of Crocidura (Insectivora: Soricidae) recovered from owl pellets in Thailand. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Zoology, 61 : 103 - 109.
Jenkins PD (1993) A new species of Microgale (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) from eastern Madagascar with an unusual dentition. American Museum Novitates, 1 - 11.
Jenkins PD (1992) Description of a new species of Microgale (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) from Eastern Madagascar. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology, 58 (1) : 53 - 59.
Jenkins PD, Groves CP (1992) Case 2770. Hylobates entelloides I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1842 (Mammalia, Primates): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49 (1) : 58 - 61.
Hutterer R, Jenkins PD, Verheyen WN (1991) A new forest shrew from southern Tanzania. Oryx, 25 (3) : 165 - 168.
Jenkins PD, Albrecht GH (1991) Sexual dimorphism and sex ratios in Madagascan prosimians. American Journal of Primatology, 24 (1) : 1 - 14. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350240102
Albrecht GH, Jenkins PD, Godfrey LR (1990) Ecogeographic size variation among the living and subfossil prosimians of Madagascar. American Journal of Primatology, 22 (1) : 1 - 50. doi: 10.1002/ajp.1350220102
Jenkins PD (1990) Catalogue of Primates in the British Museum (Natural History) and elsewhere in the British Isles. Part 5: Superfamily Hominoidea.. British Museum (Natural History) : London. 137.
Jenkins PD (1989) Mammals, In: Key works to the fauna and flora of the British Isles and northwestern Europe, Simms RW (Eds). null :
Jenkins PD (1988) A new species of Microgale (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) from north eastern Madagascar.. American Museum Novitates, 1 - 7.
Jenkins PD (1987) Catalogue of Primates in the British Museum (Natural History) and elsewhere in the British Isles. Part 4: Suborder Strepsirrhini, including the subfossil Madagascan lemurs and Family Tarsiidae.. British Museum (Natural History) : London. 189.
ALBRECHT GH, JENKINS P (1985) ECOGEOGRAPHIC SIZE VARIATION AMONG THE LIVING AND SUBFOSSIL PROSIMIANS OF MADAGASCAR. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 66 (2) : 140 - 140.
Howell KM, Jenkins PD (1984) Records of shrews (Insectivora, Soricidae) from Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 22 (1) : 67 - 68. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1984.tb00677.x
Jenkins PD (1984) Description of a new species of Sylvisorex (Insectivora: Soricidae) from Tanzania. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology, 47 : 65 - 76.
HUTTERER R, JENKINS PD (1983) SPECIES-LIMITS OF CROCIDURA-SOMALICA THOMAS, 1895 AND CROCIDURA-YANKARIENSIS HUTTERER AND JENKINS, 1980 (INSECTIVORA, SORICIDAE). ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SAUGETIERKUNDE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY, 48 (4) : 193 - 201.
Jenkins PD, Knutson L (1983) A catalogue of the type specimens of Monotremata and Marsupialia in the British Museum (Natural History).. British Museum (Natural History) : London. 1 - 34.
Davison GHW, Cranbrook , Jenkins PD (1982) The Sunda shrew Crocidura monticola: a correction and first records from Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal, 36 : 133 - 134.
Jenkins PD (1982) A discussion of Malayan and Indonesian shrews of the genus Crocidura (Insectivora: Soricidae).. Zooologische Mededelingen Leiden, 56 (21) : 268 - 279.
Jenkins PD, Hill JE (1982) Mammals from Siberut, Mentawei Islands. Mammalia, 46 (2) : 219 - 224.
Jenkins PD, Hill JE (1981) The status of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 and Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology, 41 : 279 - 294.
Hutterer R, Jenkins PD (1980) A new species of Crocidura from Nigeria. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology, 39 (5) : 305 - 310.
Jenkins PD (1977) Genus Neomys. Genus Crocidura., In: The handbook of British mammals, Corbet GB, Southern HN (Eds). Blackwell Scientific Publications : Oxford, London, Edinburgh and Melbourne. 57 - 67.
Jenkins PD (1976) A note on the type material of Crocidura heljanensis Vesmanis, 1975. Mammalia, 40 (1) : 166 - 167.
Jenkins PD (1976) Variation in Eurasian shrews of the genus Crocidura (Insectivora: Soricidae).. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Zoology, 30 (7) : 271 - 309.
Jenkins PD, Sealy SG (2022) The problems of resolving historical specimen data, focusing on a specimen of Myotis austroriparius (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) collected by Thomas Drummond. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100 (5) : 281 - 295. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2021-0211
Contributed Publications
Stephenson PJ, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM, Nicoll ME, Andrianjakarivelo V, Everson KM, Hoffman M, Jenkins PD, Olson LE, Raheriarisena M, Rakotondraparany F, Rakotondravony D, Randrianjafy V, Ratsifandrihamanana N, Taylor A (2019) Review of the status and conservation of tenrecs (Mammalia: Afrotheria: Tenrecidae). Oryx, 53 : 1 - 10. doi: 10.1017/S00330605318001205
Burgin CJ, He K, Haslauer R, Sheftel BI, Jenkins PD, Ruedi M, Hintsche S, Motokawa M, Hinckley A, Hutterer R (2018) Species accounts of Soricidae., In: Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, sloths and colugos., Wilson DE, Mittermeier RA (Eds). Lynx Edicions : Barcelona.