zoologist

Synonyms:

animal scientist

Examples:

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Karl von Frisch

Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees (1886-1982)

Jane Goodall

English zoologist noted for her studies of chimpanzees in the wild (born in 1934)

Alfred Charles Kinsey

United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956)

Konrad Zacharias Lorenz

Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)

Nikolaas Tinbergen

Dutch zoologist who showed that much animal behavior is innate and stereotyped (1907-1988)

John James Audubon

United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851)

Edward Osborne Wilson

United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)

Alexander Wilson

Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)

Types:

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bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist

a zoologist who studies insects

ethologist

a zoologist who studies the behavior of animals in their natural habitats

herpetologist

a zoologist who studies reptiles and amphibians

ichthyologist

a zoologist who studies fishes

malacologist

a zoologist specializing in the study of mollusks

mammalogist

one skilled in the study of mammals

bird watcher, ornithologist

a zoologist who studies birds

protozoologist

a zoologist who studies protozoans

butterfly collector, lepidopterist, lepidopterologist

an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths

Type of:

biologist, life scientist

(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms