Abbé Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752,

Aveyron Aveyron (; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron (river), Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyro ...

– 20 September 1804,

Saint-Geniez-d'Olt Saint-Geniez-d'Olt (, literally ''Saint Geniez of Lot (river), Olt''; ) is a former Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Saint- ...

) was a French

zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

who contributed sections on

cetaceans Cetacea (; , ) is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. Key characteristics are their fully aquatic lifestyle, streamlined body shape, often large size and exclusively c ...

mammals A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle e ...

birds Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...

reptiles Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...

amphibians Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

, and

insects Insects (from Latin ') are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed ...

to the ''

Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique The ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois regnes de la nature'' was an illustrated encyclopedia of plants, animals and minerals, notable for including the first scientific descriptions of many species, and for its attractive engravin ...

''. He is also notable as the first scientist to study the

feral child A feral child (also called wild child) is a young individual who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, with little or no experience of human care, social behavior, or language. Such children lack the basics of primary and ...

Victor of Aveyron Victor of Aveyron (; ) was a French feral child who was found around the age of 9. Not only is he considered one of the most famous feral children, but his case is also the most documented case of a feral child. Upon his discovery, he was captur ...

. Bonnaterre is credited with identifying about 25 new species of fish, and assembled illustrations of about 400 in his encyclopedia work. He was the first scientist to study Victor, the wild child of Aveyron, whose life inspired François Truffaut for his film ''

The Wild Child ''The Wild Child'' (, released in the United Kingdom as ''The Wild Boy'') is a 1970 French film by director François Truffaut. Featuring Jean-Pierre Cargol, François Truffaut, Françoise Seigner and Jean Dasté, it tells the story of a chil ...

''.

Partial bibliography

* ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, dix-huitième partie, insectes.'' Agasse, Paris 1797. * ''Recueil de médecine vétérinaire ou Collection de mémoires d'instructions et de recettes sur les maladies des animaux domestiques.'' * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., cétologie, ophiologie, erpétologie.'' Padoue 1795. * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Ophiologie.'' Panckoucke, Paris 1790. * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, ornithologie.'' Panckoucke, Paris 1790/91. * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ... Cétologie.'' Panckoucke, Paris 1789. * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., Erpétologie.'' Panckoucke, Paris 1789/90. * ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature ..., Ichthyologie.'' Panckoucke, Paris 1788.

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French naturalists French zoologists 1752 births 1804 deaths French entomologists French ichthyologists French ornithologists French taxonomists Cetologists 18th-century French zoologists 19th-century French zoologists {{France-zoologist-stub

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