mammalogists
Mammalogists are scientists who study mammals, the vertebrate animals in the class Mammalia. The field encompasses taxonomy and systematics, anatomy and physiology, behavior, ecology, evolution, and conservation. Researchers may focus on living species or on fossil relatives (paleomammalogy), and many work at universities, natural history museums, zoos, wildlife agencies, or conservation organizations.
Work commonly involves field surveys to document species distributions, abundance, and habitat use; capture and handling
Subfields include mammalian ecology, behavior, and conservation biology; quantitative methods; and paleontology focusing on fossil mammals
Impact and output: mammalogists publish in scientific journals such as Journal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species