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
- ^ Charles University[permanent dead link]
- ^ Mazák, V. (1981). "Panthera tigris" (PDF). Mammalian Species (152): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3504004. JSTOR 3504004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2005.
External links
- Biography, photo and bibliography (mostly in Czech)
