Vratislav Mazák Explained

Vratislav Mazák (in Czech pronounced as /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 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

• Konstantin Satunin

External links

• Biography, photo and bibliography (mostly in Czech)

Notes and References

1. http://abart.artarchiv.cz/osoby.php?Fvazba=studium&IDosoby=8532 Charles University
2. Mazák, V. . 1981 . Panthera tigris . https://web.archive.org/web/20051030114117/http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-152-01-0001.pdf . dead . 2005-10-30 . Mammalian Species . 152 . 1–8 . 10.2307/3504004 . 3504004. free .