Vratislav Mazák

Vratislav Mazák (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvracɪslaf ˈmazaːk]; June 22, 1937 – September 9, 1987) was a Czech biologist. He specialised in paleoanthropology, mammalogy and taxonomy, and 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 also 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.

He died in Prague.

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In Czech

In German

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