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mammalogist

American  
[ma-mahl-uh-jist, muh-] / mæˈmɑl ə dʒɪst, mə- /

noun

plural

mammalogists
  1. a specialist in mammalogy.


Example Sentences

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Prof Flannery, a mammalogist, says he stumbled across them and immediately knew they were from ancient monotremes.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

“So it is really valuable to understand that it still occurs in the Cyclops Mountains,” said Kristofer Helgen, a mammalogist and director of the Australian Museum Research Institute who wasn’t involved in the expedition.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2023

He; Guillermo D'Elía, a systematist and mammalogist at the Austral University of Chile; and other South American colleagues went on their first 3-week expedition in 2020.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 23, 2023

Indonesia's island of Flores is a remarkable laboratory for the island effect, also called "Foster's rule," based on observations by mammalogist J. Bristol Foster in the 1960s.

From Reuters • Mar. 9, 2023

He’s chief mammalogist with the Company science division; we exchange information.

From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam