| Tapirus terrestris M Padilla, RC Dowler Mammalian species, 1-8, 1994 | 170 | 1994 |
| Host associations of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing medium-sized mammals in a Lyme disease endemic area of southern New York D Fish, RC Dowler Journal of Medical Entomology 26 (3), 200-209, 1989 | 101 | 1989 |
| Rediscovery of rodents (Genus Nesoryzomys) considered extinct in the Galapagos Islands RC Dowler, DS Carroll, CW Edwards Oryx 34 (2), 109-117, 2000 | 87 | 2000 |
| The seasonal occurrence of Ixodes dammini and Ixodes dentatus (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds in a Lyme disease endemic area of southeastern New York state GR Battaly, D Fish, RC Dowler Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 461-468, 1987 | 85 | 1987 |
| Revised checklist of North American mammals north of Mexico, 2014 RD Bradley, LK Ammerman, RJ Baker, LC Bradley, JA Cook, RC Dowler, ... Museum of Texas Tech University, 2014 | 72 | 2014 |
| Denning Ecology in Sympatric Populations of Skunks (Spilogale gracilis and Mephitis mephitis) in West-Central Texas JB Doty, RC Dowler Journal of Mammalogy 87 (1), 131-138, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: a survey and directory of collections JL Dunnum, BS McLean, RC Dowler Journal of Mammalogy 99 (6), 1307-1322, 2018 | 51 | 2018 |
| Liomys irroratus RC Dowler, HH Genoways Mammalian species, 1-6, 1978 | 47 | 1978 |
| Tapirus pinchaque (Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) M Padilla, RC Dowler, CC Downer Mammalian species 42 (863), 166-182, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Distributional records of mammals from the southwestern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico RC Dowler, MD Engstrom Annals of Carnegie Museum 57 (7), 159-166, 1988 | 39 | 1988 |
| Chromosomal variation in the New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis LA Ruedas, RC Dowler, E Aita Journal of Mammalogy 70 (4), 860-864, 1989 | 38 | 1989 |
| Habitat use of western spotted skunks and striped skunks in Texas SA Neiswenter, RC Dowler The Journal of wildlife management 71 (2), 583-586, 2007 | 36 | 2007 |
| Systematic Collections Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists. 2018. Mammal collections of the Western Hemisphere: a survey and directory of collections JL Dunnum, BS McLean, RC Dowler Journal of Mammalogy 99 (6), 1307-1322, 0 | 32 | |
| Chromosomal variation within four species of harvest mice (Reithrodontomys) MD Engstrom, RC Dowler, DS Rogers, DJ Schmidly, JW Bickham Journal of Mammalogy 62 (1), 159-164, 1981 | 31 | 1981 |
| Activity patterns of two sympatric species of skunks (Mephitis mephitis and Spilogale gracilis) in Texas SA Neiswenter, RC Dowler, JH Young The Southwestern Naturalist 55 (1), 16-21, 2010 | 30 | 2010 |
| Mensural discrimination between Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus (Rodentia) in Kansas JR Choate, RC Dowler, JE Krause The Southwestern Naturalist, 249-258, 1979 | 30 | 1979 |
| Genetic variation in the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius) with emphasis on the plains spotted skunk (S. p. interrupta) AA Shaffer, RC Dowler, JC Perkins, AW Ferguson, MM McDonough, ... Journal of Mammalogy 99 (5), 1237-1248, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| Opuntia: a" prickly paradigm" for quail management in west-central Texas SC Slater, D Rollins, RC Dowler, CB Scott Wildlife Society Bulletin, 713-719, 2001 | 24 | 2001 |
| Cytogenetic Studies of Three Chromosomal Races of Pocket Gophers (Geomys bursarius Complex) at Hybrid Zones RC Dowler Journal of Mammalogy 70 (2), 253-266, 1989 | 24 | 1989 |
| Records of mammals from Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico MD Engstrom, CA Schmidt, JC Morales, RC Dowler The Southwestern Naturalist 34 (3), 413-415, 1989 | 23 | 1989 |
