De in deze lijst genoemde afkortingen worden gebruikt in de taxonomie van het Dierenrijk en voor het citeren van de wetenschappelijke namen.
Zie ook Lijst van auteursaanduidingen in de botanische nomenclatuur Lijst van biologen Lijst van mycologen met hun afkortingen
A Abe - Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996) Able - Kenneth W. Able (b. 1945) Abbott - Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) Acerbi - Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) Acero - Arturo Acero Pizarro (b. 1954) Agassiz - Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) A. Agassiz - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910) Aguilera - Orangel Antonio Aguilera Socorro D.R. de Aguilera - Dione Rodrigues de Aguilera Ahl - Jonas Nicolaus Ahl E. Ahl - Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) Ahlstrom - Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979) Ahnelt - Harald Ahnelt Aizawa - Masahiro Aizawa Akama - Alberto Akama Akihito - Akihito (b. 1933) Albert - James S. Albert Albertis - Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901) Alcock - Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933) Alexander - Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) Alencar - José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (b. 1953) Alfaro - Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951) Alifanov - Vladimir R. Alifanov Allain - Ronan Allain (b. 1974) Allen - Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921) G.M. Allen - Glover Morrill Allen (1879–1942) G.R. Allen - Gerald R. Allen (b. 1942) Allioni - Carlo Allioni (1728–1804) Almeida-Toledo - Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo Amadon - Dean Amadon (1912–2003) Ambrosio - Alfredo Ambrosio Ameghino - Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911) K. Andersen - Knut Andersen Anderson - John Anderson (zoöloog) (1833–1900) Andersson - Lars Gabriel Andersson (1868-1951) André - Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891) Andri(y)ashev - Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (b. 1910) Angas - George French Angas (1822–1886) Annandale - Nelson Annandale (1876–1924) Antunes - Miguel Telles Antunes Apesteguía - Sebastián Apesteguía Appellöf - Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921) Archbold - Richard Archbold (1907–1976) Arcucci - Andrea B. Arcucci Arrow - Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948) Asano - Nagao Asano Atkinson - William Stephen Atkinson (1820-1876) Aubé - Charles Aubé (1802–1869) Audebert - Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800) Audubon - John James Audubon (1785–1851) Ausserer - Anton Ausserer (1907–1976) Ayling - Tony Ayling (b. 1947) Ayres - William Orville Ayres (1805–1887) Azuma - Yoichi Azuma
B Bachman - John Bachman (1790–1874) Bailey - Steven Bailey R.G. Bailey - Roland G. Bailey R.M. Bailey - Reeve Maclaren Bailey Baillon - Louis Antoine François Baillon (1778–1851) Baird - Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887) Baker - Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944) Bakker - Robert T. Bakker (b. 1945) Balanov - Andrei A. Balanov C.C. Baldwin - Carole C. Baldwin W.J. Baldwin - Wayne J. Baldwin Z.H. Baldwin - Zachary Hayward Baldwin Ball - Valentine Ball (1843–1895) Balon - Eugene K. Balon Balouet - Jean Christophe Balouet Balss - Heinrich Balss (1886–1957) Balushkin - Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin Bandyopadhyay - Saswati Bandyopadhyay Bangs - Outram Bangs (1863–1932) Banks - Nathan Banks (1868–1953) Banks - Richard C. Banks (1931) Bannerman - David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) Bannikov - Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov Bansok - Ros Bansok Barbour - Thomas Barbour (1884–1946) Barker - Michael J. Barker Barrett - Paul M. Barrett Barrows - Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923) Barsbold - Rinchen Barsbold Bartenef - Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev Bartlett - Edward Bartlett (1836–1908) A.D. Bartlett - Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897) Barton - Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815) Baskin - Jonathan N. Baskin Batchelder - Charles Foster Batchelder (1856–1954) Bate - Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889) Bates - George Latimer Bates (1863–1940) Bateson - William Bateson (1861–1926) Baur - Georg Baur (1859-1898) Bean - Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916) Beavan - Reginald C. Beavan (1841–1870) Bechstein - Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822) Beddome - Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911) Behr - Hans Herman Behr (1818–1904) Bell - Thomas Bell (zoöloog) (1792–1880) Bemmel - Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel Bendire - Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940) Benitez - Hesquio Benitez Bennett - Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) Bennett - Frederick Debell Bennett (1836–1897) Benson - Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982) Benson - Robert Bernard Benson (1904–1967) Bent - Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954) Benton - Michael Benton (b. 1939) Bequaert - Joseph Charles Bequaert (1886-1982) Beresford - Pamela Beresford Berg - Leo Semenovich Berg (1876–1950) Berla - Herbert Franzioni Berla (1912–1985) Berland - Lucien Berland (1888–1962) Berlepsch - Hans von Berlepsch (1850–1915) Berlioz - Jacques Berlioz (1891–1975) Bernstein - Heinrich Agathon Bernstein (1828 –1865) Bertkau - Philipp Bertkau (b. 1849) Bianco - Pier Giorgio Bianco Bibron - Gabriel Bibron (1806–1848) Bigot - Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot (1818–1893) Bilek - Alois Bilek (1909–1974) Billberg - Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844) Bingham - Charles Thomas Bingham (1848-1908) Biswas – Bijan Kumar Biswas (fl. 1984) Indiaas arachnoloog Biswas - Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994) Indiaas ornitholoog Biswas – Kajal Biswas (fl. 1992) Indiaas arachnoloog Biswas – Vivekanand Biswas (fl. 1995) Indiaas arachnoloog Blache - Jacques Blache (1922–1994) Black - Davidson Black (1884–1934) Blainville - Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) Blanchard – Charles Émile Blanchard (1819–1900) Blanford - William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905) Blasius - Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809–1870) W. Blasius - Wilhelm Blasius (1845–1912) Bleeker - Pieter Bleeker (1819–1878) Bloch - Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) Blumenbach - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) Blyth - Edward Blyth (1810–1873) Bocage - José Vicente Barboza du Bocage (1823–1907) Bocourt - Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904) Boddaert - Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795/96) Boettger - Oskar Boettger (1833–1910) Bogert - Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908–1992) Herpetologie (reptielen en amfibieën) Boheman - Karl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868) Boie - Heinrich Boie (1794–1827) Boisduval - Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799–1879) Bolle - Carl Bolle (1821–1909) Bolotsky - Yuri L. Bolotsky Bonaparte - Karel Lucien Bonaparte (1794–1857) Bonaparte - José Bonaparte (b. 1928) Zuid-Amerikaanse dinosauriërs Bond - James Bond (ornitholoog) (1900 –1989) Bonelli - Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830) Bonhote - J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922) Bonnaterre - Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804) Borkhausen - Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806) Börner (CB)– Carl Börner (1880–1953) Borodin - Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin (b. 1861) Borsuk-Bialynicka - Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka Bosc - Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic (1759–1828) Boschma - Hibrand Boschma (1893-1972) Boucard - Adolphe Boucard (1839-1905) Boulenger - George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) Boulton - Rudyerd Boulton (1901 - 1983) Bourcier - Jules Bourcier (1797–1873) Bouvier - Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944) Bowdich - Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824) Bowerbank - James Scott Bowerbank (1797-1877) Brandt - Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802–1879) Brauer - Friedrich Moritz Brauer (1832–1904) A.E. Brehm - Alfred Brehm (1829–1884) C.L. Brehm - Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787–1864) Bremer - Otto Vasilievich Bremer (d. 1873) Bremi-Wolf - Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857) Brett-Surman - Michael K. Brett-Surman (b. 1950) Brevoort - James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887) Brewster - William Brewster (ornitholoog) (1851–1919) Briggs - John Carmon Briggs (b. 1920) Brischke - Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814–1897) Brisson - Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723–1806) Brittinger - Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795–1869) Brodkorb - Pierce Brodkorb Broili - Ferdinand Broili (1874-1946) Brongniart - Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847) C. Brongniart - Charles Jules Edme Brongniart (1859–1899) Bronn - Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862) Brooke - Victor Brooke (1843–1891) Brookes - Joshua Brookes (1761–1833) Brooks - William Edwin Brooks (1828-1899) W.S. Brooks - Winthrop Sprague Brooks (1887–1965) Broom - Robert Broom (1866–1951) Brown - Barnum Brown (1873–1963) Bruch - Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1851) Brüggemann - Friedrich Brüggemann (1850 – 1878) Bruguière - Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798) Brullé - Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873) Brünnich - Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827) Brusatte - Stephen L. Brusatte (b. 1984) H. Bryant - Henry Bryant (1820-1867) W.E. Bryant - Walter E. Bryant Bücherl - Wolfgang Bücherl Buckland - William Buckland (1784–1856) Budgett - John Samuel Budgett (1872-1904) Buffetaut - Eric Buffetaut Buitendijk - Alida Buitendijk (1903-1950) Buller - Walter Buller (1838–1906) Bunzel - Emanuel Bunzel (b. 1828) Burchell - William John Burchell (1782–1863) Burge - Donald L. Burge Burmeister - Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892) Burnett - Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835) Burns - John McLauren Burns Butler - Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925) Buttikofer - Johann Büttikofer (1850–1929) Buturlin - Sergei Aleksandrovich Buturlin (1872–1938)
C Cabanis - Jean Cabanis (1816–1906) Cabrera - Angel Cabrera (natuurwetenschapper) (1879–1960) Caldwell - David Keller Caldwell (b. 1928) Calman - William Thomas Calman (1871–1952) Calvert - Philip Powell Calvert (1871–1961) Calvo - Jorge Calvo Cambiaso - Andrea Cambiaso Camerano - Lorenzo Camerano (1856–1917) Camp - Charles Lewis Camp (1893–1975) Campos - Diógenes de Almeida Campos Canestrini – Giovanni Canestrini (1835–1900) Cantor - Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860) Carlson - Bruce A. Carlson Carpenter - Kenneth Carpenter (b. 1949) Carriker – Melbourne Armstrong Carriker (1879–1965) Carvalho - Ismar de Souza Carvalho Cassin - John Cassin (1813–1869) Castelnau - François Louis Nompar de Caumat de Laporte Castelnau (1810–1880) Cervigón - Fernando Cervigón (b. 1930) Chabanaud - Paul Chabanaud (1876–1959) Chamberlin - Ralph Vary Chamberlin (1879–1967) Chapin - James Chapin (1889–1964) Chapman – Frank Michler Chapman (1864–1945) Charig - Alan Jack Charig (1927–1997) Charpentier - Toussaint von Charpentier (1779–1847) Chasen - Frederick Nutter Chasen (1896–1942) Chatterjee - Sankar Chatterjee (b. 1947) Cherrie - George Kruck Cherrie (1865-1946) Chevrolat - Auguste Chevrolat (1799-1884) Chiaie - Stefano Delle Chiaje (1794–1860) Chiappe - Luis M. Chiappe Children - John George Children (1777–1852) Chopard - Lucien Chopard (1885-1971) Christ - Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813) Chun - Carl Chun (1852–1914) Chure - Daniel Joseph Chure E. Clark - Eugenie Clark (b. 1922) H.L. Clark - Hubert Lyman Clark (1870–1947) J.M. Clark - James Michael Clark Clements - Kendall D. Clements Clemmer - Glenn H. Clemmer Clerck - Carl Alexander Clerck (1709–1765) Cloward - Karen C. Cloward Colbert - Edwin Harris Colbert (1905–2001) Colston - Peter R. Colston Compagno - Leonard J. V. Compagno Conci - Cesare Conci (b. 1920) Conde - Otto Conde (1905–1944) Conover - Henry Boardman Conover (1892–1950) Conrad - Timothy Abbott Conrad (1803–1877) Coombs - Walter P. Coombs, Jr. Cooper - James Graham Cooper (1830–1902) Cooper - William Cooper (concholoog) (1798–1864) Conchologie (schelpdieren) Cope - Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) Coquerel - Charles Coquerel (1822–1867) Coria - Rodolfo Coria Cornalia - Emilio Cornalia (1824-1882) Cory - Charles B. Cory (1857–1921) Costa - Achille Costa (1823–1898) W.J.E.M. Costa - Wilson José Eduardo Moreira da Costa Coues - Elliott Coues (1842–1899) Cramer - Pieter Cramer (1721–c. 1779) F. Cramer - Frank Cramer Crampton - William G. R. Crampton Cretzschmar - Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845) Crewe - Henry Harpur Crewe (1828–1883) Crotch - George Robert Crotch (1842–1874) Crowson - Roy Crowson (1914–1999) Currie - Philip J. Currie (b. 1949) Curry Rogers - Kristina Curry Rogers (b. 1974) Curtis - John Curtis (entomoloog) (1791–1862)