zoogeographerhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogeographer_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogeographer, n.
Revised 2017

zoogeographernoun

  1. 1868–
    An expert or specialist in zoogeography.
    1. 1868
      No zoogeographer would ever think of representing the Right Whale, the White Whale, the Narwhal, or the Walrus as regular members of the British fauna.
      Proceedings of Zoological Society 28 May 338
    2. 1875
      It is therefore..the business of the zoogeographer, who wishes to arrive at the truth, to ascertain what groups of animals are wanting in any particular locality.
      Encyclopædia Britannica vol. III. 738/1
    3. 1919
      It is possible that zoögeographers and anthropogeographers would hold similar opinions as to the treatment of many problems concerning the well-understood organic elements of landscapes.
      Geographical Review vol. 8 272
    4. 1952
      One zoologist may be a coleopterist.., and still another a zoogeographer.
      Syst. Zoology vol. 1 26/1
    5. 2000
      Zoogeographers..have long understood that carnivores stranded on islands are likely to become extinct.
      New York Review of Books 11 May 31/2

Originally published as part of the entry for zoogeography, n.

zoogeographer, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoogeographer, n. was last modified in July 2023.