was a Japanese
zoologist
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...
. He is known for describing the
Iriomote cat
The Iriomote cat (''Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis'') is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. It has been listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008, as the only p ...
in 1967. He was the director of the zoological department of the
National Museum of Nature and Science
The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji period, Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs HachikÅ and Taro and Jiro. A life-size blue whale mode ...
.
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1914 births
2007 deaths
Japanese mammalogists
Japanese taxonomists
20th-century Japanese zoologists
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