mammalogy

American  

[muh-mal-uh-jee] / məˈmæl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the science dealing with mammals.

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mammalogy British  

/ mæˈmælədʒɪ, ˌmæməˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

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

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mammalogy Scientific  

/ mă-măl′ə-jē,-mŏl′- /

1. The scientific study of mammals.

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Other Word Forms

• mammalogical adjective
• mammalogist noun

Etymology

Origin of mammalogy

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

Example Sentences

Instead, it appears this trait is “basically the default,” said Kenny Travouillon, curator of mammalogy at the Western Australian Museum and the paper’s lead author.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

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

In all the Indian mammalogy this section is probably the most difficult to write about.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage