Vratislav Mazák
Vratislav Mazák 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 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.
He died in Prague.
Major publications
In Czech
Naši savci, Our MammalsKostra velryby v Národním muzeu v Praze a krátký pohled do světa kytovců, The skeleton of the whale in the Prague National Museum and a brief look into the world of cetaceansJak vznikl člověk: Sága rodu Homo, The Origin of Man - Saga of the genus Homo; with Zdeněk BurianVelké kočky a gepardi, Big cats and cheetahs Jak vznikl člověk: , The Origin of Man—Saga of the genus Homo, a revised and enlarged edition; with Zdeněk BurianKytovci, CetaceansPravěký člověk, Prehistoric Man; with Zdeněk BurianIn German
Der Tiger: Panthera tigris Linnaeus, 1758 Die Namen der Pelztiere und ihrer Felle Der Tiger: Panthera tigris- ''Der Urmensch und seine Vorfahren''