Sergey Ivanovich Ognev (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Огнёв) (17 November 1886 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

– 20 December 1951 in Moscow) was a

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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 kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and d ...

and naturalist, remembered for his work on

mammalogy In zoology, mammalogy is the study of mammals – a class of vertebrates with characteristics such as homeothermic metabolism, fur, four-chambered hearts, and complex nervous system In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part ...

. He graduated from

Moscow University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1910, the same year in which he published his first monograph. In 1928, he became a

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at the

Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow State Pedagogical University or Moscow State University of Education is an educational and scientific institution in Moscow, Russia, with eighteen faculties and seven branches operational in other Russian cities. The institution had underg ...

. He published a variety of textbooks in zoology and ecology. His

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, ''Mammals of Russia and adjacent territories'', was never completed.

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1886 births 1951 deaths Zoologists from the Russian Empire Soviet zoologists Scientists from Moscow Moscow State University faculty {{biologist-stub