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This is a list of notable
zoologists who have published names of new
taxa under the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
A
- Abe –
Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996)
- Abeille de Perrin, Ab. –
Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910)
- Able –
Kenneth W. Able (born 1945)
- Abbott, C.C. Abbott –
Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) general zoology
- C. Abbott –
Charles Abbot (1761–1817) entomology
- J. Abbott –
John Abbot (1751–1841) entomology, ornithology
- W. Abbott, Abbott –
William Louis Abbott (1860–1936) mainly ornithology
- Acerbi –
Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846)
- Acero –
Arturo Acero Pizarro (born 1954)
- Adams, Ad. –
Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853) malacology
- A. Adams –
Arthur Adams (1820–1878) mostly marine animals
- A.L. Adams –
Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882) vertebrate paleontology
- D.B. Adams –
Daniel B. Adams (
fl. 1979) paleontology
- E. Adams –
Edward Adams (1824–1856)
- H. Adams –
Henry Adams (1813–1877) malacology
- Agassiz, Ag., L. Ag., Agass. –
Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) ichthyology, paleontology
- A. Agassiz, A. Ag. –
Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910) mostly marine animals
- Agenjo –
Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908–1984)
- Aguilera –
Orangel Antonio Aguilera
- D.R. de Aguilera –
Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera
- Ahl, E. Ahl –
Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) herpetology, ichthyology
- J.N. Ahl, Ahl –
Jonas Niclas Ahl
- Ahlquist –
Jon Edward Ahlquist (fl. late 20th century)
- Ahlstrom –
Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979)
- Ahnelt –
Harald Ahnelt
- Aizawa –
Masahiro Aizawa
- Akama –
Alberto Akama
- Akihito – Emperor
Akihito of Japan (born 1933)
- Albert –
James S. Albert
- Albertis –
Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901)
- Alcock –
Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933)
- Aldrovandi, Aldr. –
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
- Alexander, B. Alexander –
Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) ornithology
- A. Alexander –
Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950) paleontology
- C. Alexander, Alexander –
Charles Paul Alexander (1889–1981) entomology
- H. Alexander –
Horace Alexander (1889–1989) ornithology
- W. Alexander –
Wilfred Backhouse Alexander (1885–1965) entomology, ornithology
- Alencar –
José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (born 1953)
- Alfaro –
Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951)
- Alifanov –
Vladimir R. Alifanov
- Allain –
Ronan Allain (born 1974)
- Allen –
Edgar Johnson Allen (1866–1942) marine biology
- Allen, J.A. Allen –
Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921) ornithology, American mammals
- A. Allen –
Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964) ornithology
- G.M. Allen –
Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942) mainly mammals
- G.R. Allen –
Gerald R. Allen (born 1942) Ichthyology
- H. Allen –
Harrison Allen (1841–1897) Chiroptera
- J.A. Allen –
John A. Allen malacology
- Allioni –
Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
- Allman, Allm. –
George James Allman (1812–1898)
- Almeida-Toledo –
Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo
- Alströmer –
Clas Alströmer (1736–1794), a pupil of Linnaeus
- Amadon –
Dean Amadon (1912–2003)
- Ambrosio –
Alfredo Ambrosio
- Ameghino –
Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911)
- Amyot –
Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799–1866)
- Ancey –
César Marie Félix Ancey (1860–1906)
- K. Andersen –
Knud Andersen (born 1867, disappeared 1918)
- Anderson, J. Anderson –
John Anderson (1833–1900) Asian mammals and reptiles
- R. Anderson –
Rudolph Martin Anderson (1876–1961) mammals
- S. Anderson –
Steven Clement Anderson (born 1936) herpetology
- W. Anderson –
William Anderson (1750–1778) general zoology
- André –
Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891)
- Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew –
Anatoly Petrovich Andriyashev (1910–2009)
- Angas –
George French Angas (1822–1886)
- Annandale –
Nelson Annandale (1876–1924)
- Anthony –
Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970)
- Antunes –
Miguel Telles Antunes (born 1937)
- Apesteguía –
Sebastián Apesteguía
- Appellöf –
Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921)
- Archbold –
Richard Archbold (1907–1976)
- Archer –
William Archer (1830?–1897) microorganisms
- M. Archer –
Michael Archer (born 1945) mammals, paleontology
- Arcucci –
Andrea B. Arcucci
- Arrow –
Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948)
- Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. –
Peter Artedi (1705–1735)
- Asano –
Nagao Asano
- Ascanius fl.1772
- Ashmead –
William Harris Ashmead (1855–1908)
- Asso –
Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio (1742–1814)
- Atkinson –
William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876)
- Aubé, Aub. –
Charles Aubé (1802–1869)
- Audebert, Audeb. –
Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800)
- Audubon, Audub. –
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
- Aurivillius, P. Aurivillius, Auriv. –
Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (1853–1928) entomology
- C. Aurivillius –
Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899)
- S. Aurivillius –
Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928) marine zoology
- Ausserer, Auss. –
Anton Ausserer (1907–1976)
- Ayling –
Tony Ayling (born 1947)
- Ayres, W.O. Ayres –
William Orville Ayres (1805–1887) ichthyology
- J.M. Ayres –
José Márcio Ayres (1954–2003) primates
- Azara, Az. –
Félix de Azara (1746–1821)
- Azmi –
Azmi Ambak ichthyology
- Azuma –
Yoichi Azuma
B
C
- Cabanis –
Jean Cabanis (1816–1906)
- Cabrera –
Ángel Cabrera (1879–1960)
- Caldwell –
David Keller Caldwell (1928–1990)
- Calman –
William Thomas Calman (1871–1952)
- Calvert –
Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961)
- Calvo –
Jorge Calvo (born 1961)
- Cambiaso –
Andrea Cambiaso
- Camerano –
Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917)
- Cameron –
Peter Cameron (1847–1912) entomology
- Camp –
Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975)
- Campos –
Diógenes de Almeida Campos
- Canestrini –
Giovanni Canestrini (1835–1900)
- Cantor, Cant. –
Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860)
- Caradja –
Aristide Caradja (1861–1955)
- Carlson –
Bruce A. Carlson
- Carlsson –
Albertina Carlsson (1848–1930)
- Carpenter –
Kenneth Carpenter (born 1949)
- Carr –
Archie Carr (1909–1987)
- Carriker –
Melbourne Armstrong Carriker Jr. (1879–1965)
- Carter –
Henry John Carter (1813–1895)
- Carvalho –
Ismar de Souza Carvalho
- Casey –
Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. (1857–1925)
- Cassin –
John Cassin (1813–1869)
- Castelnau – see Laporte
- Cervigón –
Fernando Cervigón (1930–2017)
- Chabanaud –
Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959)
- Chabaud –
Alain Chabaud (1923–2013) parasitology
- Chamberlin –
Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967)
- J.C.Chamberlin –
Joseph Conrad Chamberlin (1898 – 1962)
- Chapin –
James Chapin (1889–1964)
- Chapman –
Frank Chapman (1864–1945)
- Charig –
Alan Jack Charig (1927–1997)
- Charitonov –
Dmitry Evstratievich Kharitonov (1896–1970)
- Charpentier –
Toussaint de Charpentier (1779–1847)
- Chasen –
Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942)
- Chatterjee –
Sankar Chatterjee (born 1943)
- Cherrie –
George Kruck Cherrie (1865–1946)
- Chevrolat –
Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat (1799–1884) entomology
- Chiaie –
Stefano delle Chiaje (1794–1860)
- Chiappe –
Luis M. Chiappe
- Children –
John George Children (1777–1852)
- Christ –
Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813)
- Chun –
Carl Chun (1852–1914)
- Chure –
Daniel Joseph Chure
- Clapp –
Cornelia Clapp (1849–1934)
- E. Clark –
Eugenie Clark (1922–2015) ichthyology
- H.L. Clark –
Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) echinoderms
- J.M. Clark –
James Michael Clark
- Clemens –
James Brackenridge Clemens
- Clements –
Kendall D. Clements
- Clemmer –
Glenn H. Clemmer
- Clench –
Harry Kendon Clench (1925–1979) Lepidoptera
- Clench –
William J. Clench (1897–1984) malacology
- Clerck –
Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765)
- Cloward –
Karen C. Cloward
- Cobbold –
Thomas Spencer Cobbold (1828–1886)
- Cochran –
Doris M. Cochran (1898–1968)
- Cockerell –
Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948)
- Coimbra-Filho –
Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho
- Colbert –
Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001)
- Colston –
Peter R. Colston (born 1935)
- Compagno –
Leonard J. V. Compagno (fl. 1979–present)
- Conci –
Cesare Conci (1920–2011)
- Conde –
Otto Conde (1905–1944)
- Conover –
Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950)
- Conrad –
Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877)
- Coombs –
Walter P. Coombs, Jr.
- Cooper, J.G. Cooper –
James Graham Cooper (1830–1902) general zoology, particularly ornithology
- Cooper, W. Cooper –
William Cooper (1798–1864) malacology
- Cope –
Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897)
- Coquerel –
Charles Coquerel (1822–1867)
- Coria –
Rodolfo Coria (born 1959)
- Cornalia –
Emilio Cornalia (1824–1882)
- Cory –
Charles B. Cory (1857–1921)
- Costa –
Achille Costa (1823–1898) entomology, particularly
Neuroptera
- O. Costa, O.G. Costa –
Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787–1867) entomology and general zoology
- W.J.E.M. Costa –
Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa
- Coues –
Elliott Coues (1842–1899)
- Cramer –
Pieter Cramer (1721–
c. 1779) entomology
- F. Cramer –
Frank Cramer
- Crampton –
William G. R. Crampton
- Cresson –
Ezra Townsend Cresson (Senior) (1838–1926)
Hymenoptera
- Cresson –
Ezra Townsend Cresson, Jr. (1876–1948)
Diptera
- Cretzschmar –
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845)
- Crewe –
Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828–1883)
- Crotch –
George Robert Crotch (1842–1874)
- Crowson –
Roy Crowson (1914–1999)
- Crusafont –
Miquel Crusafont i Pairó (1910–1983)
- Currie –
Philip J. Currie (born 1949)
- Curry Rogers –
Kristina Curry Rogers (born 1974)
- Curtis –
John Curtis (1791–1862)
- Cuvier –
Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) vertebrate zoology, paleontology
- F. Cuvier –
Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838)
- Czerkas –
Stephen A. Czerkas
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F
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H
I
J
K
L
M
- Mabile –
Jules François Mabille (1831–1904)
- Macleay –
William John Macleay (1820–1891)
- Mackovicky –
Peter J. Mackovicky
- Makela –
Robert R. Makela (1940–1987)
- Malaise –
René Malaise (1892–1978)
- Maleev –
Evgenii Aleksandrovich Maleev (1915–1966)
- Mannerheim –
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854)
- Mantell –
Gideon Mantell (1790–1852)
- Marcus –
Ernst Marcus (1893–1968)
- Marinescu –
Florian Marinescu
- Markevich –
Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich (1905–1999)
- Marples –
Brian J. Marples
- Marsh –
Othniel Charles Marsh (1831–1899)
- Marshall –
Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall (1871–1959)
- Marhsall –
Thomas Ansell Marshall (1827–1903)
- Martill –
David Martill
- Martin –
William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) mainly mammals
- C. Martin –
Claro Martin
- L. Martin –
Larry Martin (1943–2013) paleontology
- Martinez –
Ruben D. Martinez
- R. Martínez Escarbassiere –
Rafael Martínez Escarbassiere (1929–2022)
- Marvin –
Nigel Marven (born 1960)
- Maryanska –
Teresa Maryańska
- Mason –
Francis Mason (1799–1874)
- Massy –
Anne Letitia Massy (1867–1931)
- Mateus –
Octávio Mateus (born 1975)
- Mathews –
Gregory Mathews (1876–1949)
- Matley –
Charles Alfred Matley (1866–1947)
- Matschie –
Paul Matschie (1861–1926)
- Matsubara –
Kiyomatsu Matsubara (1907–1968)
- Matsumura –
Shōnen Matsumura (1872–1960)
- Matsuura –
Keiichi Matsuura
- Mayr –
Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) vertebrates, mainly birds
- G. Mayr –
Gerald Mayr prehistoric vertebrates, mainly birds
- McCulloch –
Allan Riverstone McCulloch (1885–1925)
- McLachlan –
Robert McLachlan (1837–1904)
- Meade-Waldo –
Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934)
- Mearns –
Edgar Alexander Mearns (1856–1916)
- Meek –
Seth Eugene Meek (1859–1914)
- Meguro –
Katsusuke Meguro
- Méhely –
Lajos Méhelÿ (1862–1953)
- Meigen –
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764–1845)
- Mello-Leitão –
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (1886–1948)
- Melsheimer –
Frederick Ernst Melsheimer (1782–1873)
- Menezes –
Naercio Aquino de Menezes (born 1937)
- Ménétries –
Édouard Ménétries (1802–1861)
- Merrem –
Blasius Merrem (1761–1824)
- Merrett –
Nigel Merrett
- Merriam –
Clinton Hart Merriam (1855–1942)
- Mertens –
Robert Mertens (1894–1975)
- Metcalfe –
John William Metcalfe (1872–1952)
- Metschnikoff, Mechnikov –
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845–1916)
- Meyen –
Franz Meyen (1804–1840)
- Meyer, von Meyer –
Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869) paleontology
- A.B. Meyer –
Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911) birds, primates, entomology (mainly Wallacea)
- F.A. Meyer, F.A.A. Meyer, Meyer –
Friedrich Albrecht Anton Meyer (1768–1795) birds, primates
- Meyer de Schauensee –
Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee (1901–1984) birds
- Meyrick –
Edward Meyrick (1854–1938)
- Michener –
Charles Duncan Michener (1918–2015)
- Middendorf, Midd. –
Alexander von Middendorff (1815–1894)
- Midgley –
Steven Hamar Midgley
- Miles –
Clifford Miles
- Millard –
Naomi A. H. Millard (1914–1997) Hydroida
- Miller –
Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (1869–1956) mammals
- A.H. Miller –
Alden H. Miller
- J.F. Miller –
John Frederick Miller (1759–1796) mainly vertebrates
- L.H. Miller –
Loye H. Miller paleontology, mainly birds
- R.R. Miller –
Robert Rush Miller (1916–2003) fish
- Millet –
Pierre-Aimé Millet (1783–1873)
- Milne-Edwards –
Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885) mammals and crustaceans
- A. Milne-Edwards –
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) birds
- Milner –
Angela C. Milner
- Miranda-Ribeiro –
Alípio de Miranda-Ribeiro (1874–1939)
- P. Miranda-Ribeiro –
Paulo de Miranda Ribeiro (1901–1965)
- Mitchell –
Thomas Mitchell (1792–1855)
- Mitchill –
Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764–1831)
- Mitra –
Tridib Ranjan Mitra
- Mizuno –
Nobuhiko Mizuno
- Mochizuki –
Kenji Mochizuki
- Mocsáry –
Alexander Mocsáry (1841–1915)
- Mohr –
Erna Mohr (1894–1968)
- Molina –
Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829)
- Molnar –
Ralph E. Molnar
- Mondolfi –
Edgardo Mondolfi (1918–1999)
- Mones –
Álvaro Mones (born 1942)
- Montagu –
George Montagu (1753–1815)
- Moore –
Frederic Moore (1830–1907) butterflies and moths
- J.C. Moore –
Joseph Curtis Moore (1914–1995) rodents
- Mori –
Tamezo Mori (1884–1962)
- Moreno –
Francisco Moreno (1852–1919)
- Morley –
Claude Morley (1874–1951)
- Morrow –
James Edwin Morrow, Jr. (born 1918)
- Mortensen –
Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen (1868–1952)
- Möschler –
Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831–1888)
- Motomura –
Hiroyuki Motomura fish, scorpionfish
- Motschulsky –
Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (1810–1871)
- Mound –
Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934)
- Moure –
Jesus Santiago Moure (1912–2010)
- Mourer-Chauviré –
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré
- Moyer –
Jack T. Moyer (1929–2004)
- Muche –
Werner Heinz Muche (1911–1987)
- J.P. Müller, Müller –
Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858) mainly fish
- O.F. Müller –
Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) insects, fauna of Scandinavia
- Statius Müller, or P.L.S. Müller according to the IUCN
[2] –
Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725–1776) birds, insects, some mammals and others
- Müller –
Salomon Müller (1804–1864) mainly fauna of Indonesia
- Mulsant –
Étienne Mulsant (1797–1880)
- Munday –
Philip L. Munday
- Muricy –
Guilherme Muricy (1964 -) sponges, their chemistry & taxonomy
- Murphy –
Robert Cushman Murphy (1887–1973)
- Murray –
J. A. Murray
- Muttkowski –
Richard Anthony Muttkowski (1887–1943)
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O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
- Wagler –
Johann Georg Wagler (1800–1832)
- Wagner –
Johann Andreas Wagner (1797–1861)
- Wahlberg –
Johan August Wahlberg (1810–1859)
- Walbaum –
Johann Julius Walbaum (1724–1799)
- Walch –
Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch (1725–1778)
- Walckenaer –
Charles Athanase Walckenaer (1771–1852)
- Walker –
Edmund Murton Walker (1877–1969) entomology
- A. Walker –
Alick Donald Walker (1925–1999) paleontology
- C.A. Walker –
Cyril Alexander Walker paleontology
- F. Walker –
Francis Walker (1809–1874) entomology
- Wall –
Frank Wall (1868–1950)
- Wallace –
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
- Wallengren –
Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren (1823–1894)
- Walsh –
Benjamin Dann Walsh (1808–1869)
- Walsingham –
Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (1843–1919)
- Waltl –
Joseph Waltl (1805–1888)
- X.L. Wang, X.-L. Wang, X. Wang –
Xiaolin Wang (zoologist)
- Y.Q. Wang, Y.-Q. Wang, Y. Wang –
Yuanqing Wang
- R.G. Wardlaw-Ramsay –
Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay (1852–1921)
- Watabe –
Mahito Watabe
- Waterhouse –
George Robert Waterhouse (1801–1888)
- Watson –
James D. Watson[
verification needed] (born 1928)
- R. Watson[
verification needed] –
Ronald E. Watson
- Weber –
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852–1937) general zoology, mainly vertebrates
- H. Weber, Weber –
Hermann Weber (1899–1956)
- Wegrzynowicz –
Piotr Węgrzynowicz
- Weigold –
Hugo Weigold (1886–1973)
- Weishampel –
David B. Weishampel (born 1952)
- Welles –
Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997)
- West –
Rick C. West arachnology
- Westwood –
John O. Westwood (1805–1893)
- Wetmore –
Alexander Wetmore (1886–1978)
- Weyenbergh –
Hendrik Weyenbergh, Jr. (1842–1885)
- Wheeler –
William Morton Wheeler (1865–1937)
- Whitaker –
Joseph Whitaker ornithology
- White –
Adam White (1817–1878)
- Whitley –
Gilbert Percy Whitley (1903–1975)
- Wiedemann –
Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840)
- Wied-Neuwied –
Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
- Wiegmann –
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841)
- Williams –
James David Williams (1941–2021)
- Williamson –
Thomas Edward Williamson
- Wilsmore –
Leonora Jessie Wilsmore (1865–1945)
- Wilson –
Alexander Wilson (1766–1813) ornithology
- E.O. Wilson –
Edward Osborne Wilson (1929–2021)
- J.A. Wilson –
Jeffrey A. Wilson paleontology
- Wiman –
Carl Wiman (1867–1944)
- Wingate –
David B. Wingate (born 1935)
- Winge –
Herluf Winge (1857–1923)
- Wirjoatmodjo –
Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo
- Wolfe –
Douglas Gerald Wolfe
- Wood, W. Wood –
William Wood (1774–1857) entomology
- C.T. Wood, Wood –
Charles Thorold Wood (1777–1852) ornithology
- Wood-Mason –
James Wood-Mason (1846–1893)
- Woodhouse –
Samuel Washington Woodhouse (1821–1904)
- Woodward –
Arthur Smith Woodward (1864–1944)
- Wroughton –
R. C. Wroughton (1849–1921)
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