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Czech biologist
Vratislav Mazák (Czech pronunciation:
[ˈvracɪslaf ˈmazaːk] ; 22 June 1937 – 9 September 1987) was a
Czech
biologist who specialized in
paleoanthropology ,
mammalogy and
taxonomy . He was also a painter, often illustrating his books about animals and men.
Born at
Kutná Hora , he was a professor[
ambiguous ] at the
Charles University 's Faculty of Science
[1] and worked as a zoologist at the
Prague National Museum . With
Colin Groves , Mazák described, named and classified the early
hominin
Homo ergaster . He also described the
tiger subspecies
Panthera tigris corbetti .
[2]
He died in
Prague .
Major publications
In Czech
Naši savci (1970), Our Mammals
Kostra velryby v Národním muzeu v Praze a krátký pohled do světa kytovců (1976), The skeleton of the whale in the Prague National Museum and a brief look into the world of
cetaceans
Jak vznikl člověk: Sága rodu
Homo (1977), The Origin of Man - Saga of the genus Homo ; with
Zdeněk Burian
Velké kočky a gepardi (1980),
Big cats and
cheetahs
Jak vznikl člověk: (Sága rodu
Homo ) (1986), The Origin of Man—Saga of the genus Homo , a revised and enlarged edition; with Zdeněk Burian
Kytovci (1988), Cetaceans
Pravěký člověk (1992),
Prehistoric Man ; with Zdeněk Burian
In German
Der Tiger: Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758 (1965)
Die Namen der Pelztiere und ihrer Felle (1974)
Der Tiger: Panthera tigris (1979)
Der Urmensch und seine Vorfahren (1983)
See also
References
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