Michael A. Mares – amerykański zoolog, absolwent University of Texas, Austin, 1973 (Zoologia); Fort Hays Kansas State University, Hays, Kansas, 1969 (Zoologia); University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1967 (Biologia).
Profesor (Distinguished Research Professor) Uniwersytetu Oklahoma oraz kurator (Distinguished Research Curator) Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Publikacje: (książki)
1. Mares, M. A., and H. H. Genoways (eds.). 1982. Mammalian Biology in South America. Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, Special Publication No. 6. Linesville, PA, 539 pp.
2. Mares, M. A. (ed.). 1983. Charles Banks Wilson’s Search for the Purebloods. Special Publication, Stovall Museum, 58 pp.
3. Mares, M. A. 1988. Heritage at Risk: Oklahoma’s Hidden Treasure. Special Publication, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 73 pp.
4. Mares, M. A., R. A. Ojeda, and R. M. Barquez. 1989. Guide to the Mammals of Salta Province, Argentina. The University of Oklahoma Press, 303 pp.
5. Caire, W., B. P. Glass, J. T. Tyler, and M. A. Mares. 1989. The Mammals of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma Press, 567 pp.
6. Mares, M. A., and D. J. Schmidly (eds.). 1991. Latin American Mammalogy: History, Biodiversity and Conservation. The University of Oklahoma Press, 468 pp.