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mammalogy

American  
[muh-mal-uh-jee] / məˈmæl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. the science dealing with mammals.


mammalogy British  
/ mæˈmælədʒɪ, ˌmæməˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the branch of zoology concerned with the study of mammals

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mammalogy Scientific  
/ mă-mălə-jē,-mŏl- /
  1. The scientific study of mammals.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of mammalogy

First recorded in 1825–35; mamma(l) + -logy

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One person who happened to tune in that evening was Bernardo Villa Ramírez, the founder of mammalogy in Mexico and a professor at UNAM, Mexico’s most prestigious university.

From Science Magazine Oct. 11, 2023

Helgen was once the head of mammalogy at the Smithsonian, working alongside the late, famed squirrel expert Richard “Thor” Thorington at the National Museum of Natural History.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2023

“The mammalogy and the herpetology departments are very eager for open access, and the palaeontology departments are very cautious about it.”

From Nature Mar. 5, 2019

Coast Guard-certified captain, each tour has a professional naturalist on board who is trained in biology, mammalogy, and marine ecology.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2018

The former was to attend chiefly to the ornithology and the latter to the mammalogy of the expedition; but each was to help out the other.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

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