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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.


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Etymology

Origin of mammalogy

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

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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

When I started from the United States, it was to make an expedition, primarily concerned with mammalogy and ornithology, for the American Museum of Natural History of New York.

From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Roosevelt, Theodore

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