Calling All Animal Scientists

A person who specializes in the study of animals is called a zoologist. Zoologists who study certain kinds of animals have their own names.

• Anthropologists study human beings.
• Entomologists study insects.
• Herpetologists study reptiles and amphibians.
• Ichthyologists specialize in fish.
• Malacologists study mollusks, like snails and clams.
• Mammalogists specialize in mammals.
• Nematologists study round worms.
• Ornithologists study birds.
• Ethologists study animal behavior.

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