Questa lista elenca, in ordine alfabetico, gli autori dei nomi scientifici dei taxa animali da loro descritti, così come citati in accordo alle regole del Codice internazionale di nomenclatura zoologica (ICZN).

In ottemperanza alla Raccomandazione 12 in App. B del Codice, gli autori del nome di un taxon zoologico vanno indicati con il loro cognome scritto per esteso. La Raccomandazione 51A indica che, quando esiste più di un autore con lo stesso cognome, è possibile aggiungere le iniziali dei nomi per disambiguarli. Infine, la Raccomandazione 51B prescrive che se il nome dell'autore è in una lingua che non usa l'alfabeto latino, esso vada traslitterato in caratteri latini.

Questa convenzione adottata in zoologia differisce da quella che si applica in botanica (ivi incluse micologia e ficologia) che, in accordo alle regole del Codice internazionale per la nomenclatura delle alghe, funghi e piante (ICNafp), ammette (v. Raccomandazione 46A) che il cognome dell'autore venga abbreviato secondo uno standard fissato dal database Authors of Plant Names (Brummitt & Powell, 1992) e costantemente aggiornato nell'International Plant Names Index e nell'Index Fungorum.

In passato era comunque comune, anche in zoologia, citare gli autori mediante abbreviazioni analoghe a quelle utilizzate in botanica. Sebbene tali forme non siano conformi alla Racc. 12 in App. B dell'ICZN, le abbreviazioni più frequenti sono incluse nella lista come ausilio per identificare il nome di uno zoologo a partire da una sua abbreviazione.

A A.A.Gould – Augustus Addison Gould (1805–1866) concologo, malacologo A.Adams – Arthur Adams (1820–1878) principalmente animali marini A.Agassiz, A.Ag. – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz (1835–1910) principalmente animali marini A.Alexander – Annie Montague Alexander (1867–1950) paleontologo A.Allen – Arthur Augustus Allen (1885–1964) ornitologo A.B.Meyer - Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840–1911) primati, ornitologo, entomologo (principalmente Wallacea) A.D.Bartlett – Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812–1897) zoologo generale (principalmente vertebrati) A.E.Brehm – Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829–1884) zoologia generale A.Grandidier - Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921) A.Grote, Grote - Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841–1903) entomologo A.H.Miller – Alden H. Miller A.L.Adams – Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882) paleontologo dei vertebrati A.Milne-Edwards – Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) ornitologo A.Newton - Alfred Newton (1829–1907) A.P.Jenkins – Aaron Peter Jenkins A.R. Emery - Alan R. Emery A.Walker – Alick Donald Walker (1925–1999) paleontologo Abbott, C.C.Abbott – Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) zoologo generale Abe – Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996) Abeille de Perrin, Ab. – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910) Able – Kenneth W. Able (nato 1945) Acerbi – Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) Acero – Arturo Acero Pizarro (nato 1954) Adams, Ad. – Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853) malacologo Agassiz, Ag., L.Ag., Agass. – Louis Agassiz (1807–1873) ittiologo, paleontologo Agenjo – Ramon Agenjo Cecilia (1908–1984) Aguilera – Orangel Antonio Aguilera Socorro Ahl, E.Ahl – Ernst Ahl (1898–1943) erpetologo, ittiologo Ahlquist – Jon Edward Ahlquist (verso la fine del XX secolo) Ahlstrom – Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom (1910–1979) Ahnelt – Harald Ahnelt Aizawa – Masahiro Aizawa Akama – Alberto Akama Akihito – Imperatore Akihito del Giappone (nato 1933) Albert – James S. Albert Albertis – Luigi Maria d'Albertis (1841–1901) Alcock – Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933) Aldrovandi, Aldr. – Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) Alencar – José Eduardo de Alencar Moreira (nato 1953) Alexander, B.Alexander – Boyd Alexander (1873–1910) ornitologo Alfaro – Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951) Alifanov – Vladimir R. Alifanov Allain – Ronan Allain (nato 1974) Allen, J.A.Allen – Joel Asaph Allen (1838–1921) ornitologo, mammiferi americani Allioni – Carlo Allioni (1728–1804) Allman, Allm. – George James Allman (1812–1898) Almeida-Toledo – Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo Alströmer – Claes Alströmer (1736–1794), un pupillo di Linneo Amadon – Dean Amadon (1912–2003) Ambrosio – Alfredo Ambrosio Ameghino – Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911) Amyot – Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot (1799–1866) entomologo Ancey – César Marie Félix Ancey (1860–1906) Anderson, J.Anderson – John Anderson (1833–1900) mammiferi e rettili asiatici André – Jacques Ernest Edmond André (1844–1891) Andriyashev, Andriashev, Andrijaschew – Anatoly Petrovich Andriashev (1910–2009) Angas – George French Angas (1822–1886) Annandale – Nelson Annandale (1876–1924) Anthony – Harold Elmer Anthony (1890–1970) Antunes – Miguel Telles Antunes (nato 1937) Apesteguía – Sebastián Apesteguía Appellöf – Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921) Archbold – Richard Archbold (1907–1976) Archer – William Archer (1830?–1897) microorganismi Arcucci – Andrea B. Arcucci Arrow – Gilbert John Arrow (1873–1948) Artedi, Arctaedius, Art. – Peter Artedi (1705–1735) Asano – Nagao Asano Ashmead – William Harris Ashmead (1855–1908) Asso – Ignacio Jordán Claudio de Asso y del Rio (1742–1814) Atkinson – William Stephen Atkinson (1820–1876) Aubé, Aub. – Charles Aubé (1802–1869) Audebert, Audeb. – Jean-Baptiste Audebert (1759–1800) Audubon, Audub. – John James Audubon (1785–1851) Aurivillius, P.Aurivillius, Auriv. – Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (1853–1928) entomologo Ausserer, Auss. – Anton Ausserer (1907–1976) Ayling – Tony Ayling (nato 1947) Ayres, W.O.Ayres – William Orville Ayres (1805–1887) ittiologo Azara, Az. – Félix de Azara (1746–1821) Azuma – Yoichi Azuma

B B./B.K./B.-K.Zhang – Bao-kun Zhang Baba – Kikutarō Baba (1905-2001) Bachman – John Bachman (1790–1874) Bailey – Steven Bailey Baillon – Louis Antoine Francois Baillon (1778–1851) Baird – Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823–1887) Baker – Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864–1944) Bakker – Robert T. Bakker (nato 1945) Balanov – Andrei A. Balanov Balbiani - Édouard-Gérard Balbiani (1823-1899) Ball – Valentine Ball (1843–1895) Balon – Eugene K. Balon Balouet – Jean-Christophe Balouet ornitologo, paleontologo Balss – Heinrich Balss (1886–1957) Balushkin – Arkadii Vladimirovich Balushkin Bandyopadhyay – Saswati Bandyopadhyay Bangs – Outram Bangs (1863–1932) vertebrati (principalmente uccelli e mammiferi) Banks – Nathan Banks (1868–1953) entomologo Bannerman – David Armitage Bannerman (1886–1979) ornitologo Bannikov – Alexandre Fedorovich Bannikov Bansok Ros Bansok Barbour – Thomas Barbour (1884–1946) Barnes & McDunnough – James Halliday McDunnough (1877–1962) Barrett – Paul M. Barrett Barrows – Walter Bradford Barrows (1855–1923) Barsbold – Rinchen Barsbold paleontologo (principalmente dinosauri teropodi) Bartenef – Aleksandr Nikolaevich Bartenev Bartlett – Edward Bartlett (1836–1908) ornitologo 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) Bean – Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916) Beavan – Reginald C. Beavan (1841–1870) Bechstein – Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822) Beddome – Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911) Bedriaga – Jacques von Bedriaga (1854–1906) Behr – Hans Hermann Behr (1818–1904) Bell – Thomas Bell (1792–1880) Bemmel – Adriaan Cornelis Valentin van Bemmel Bendire – Charles Emil Bendire (1863–1940) Benitez – Hesquio Benitez Bennett – Edward Turner Bennett (1797–1836) zoologo generale Benson – Constantine Walter Benson (1909–1982) ornitologo Bent – Arthur Cleveland Bent (1866–1954) Benton – Michael J. Benton (nato 1939) Beresford – Pamela Beresford Berg, L.S.Berg – Lev Semënovič Berg (1876–1950) Bergh – Ludwig Rudolph Sophus Bergh (1824–1909) Berkenhout – John Berkenhout (1726–1791) Berla – Herbert Franzioni Berla (1912–1985) Berland – Lucien Berland (1888–1962) Berlepsch – Hans von Berlepsch (1850–1915) Berlioz – Jacques Berlioz (1891–1975) Berry – Samuel Stillman Berry (1887–1984) Berthold – Arnold Adolph Berthold (1803–1861) Bertkau – Philipp Bertkau (1849-1894) Bezzi – Mario Bezzi (1868–1927) entomologo 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) Billings – Elkanah Billings (1820–1876) paleontologo Bingham – Charles Thomas Bingham (1848–1908) Biswas – Biswamoy Biswas (1923–1994) Blache – Jacques Blache (1922–1994) Black – Davidson Black (1884–1934) Blackburn – Thomas Blackburn (1844–1912) entomologo Blackwall – John Blackwall (1790–1881) 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) zoologo generale (principalmente vertebrati) Blatchley – Willis Blatchley (1859–1940) 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 Barbosa du Bocage (1823–1907) Bocourt – Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904) Boddaert – Pieter Boddaert (1730–1795/96) Boettger – Oskar Böttger (1833–1910) Boetticher – Hans von Boetticher (1886–1958) Bogert – Charles Mitchill Bogert (1908–1992) erpetologo Bohadsch – Johann Baptist Bohadsch (1724–1768) zoologo marino Boheman – Karl Henrik Boheman (1796–1868) Boisduval – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval (1799–1879) entomologo e botanico Bolle – Carl Bolle (1821–1909) Bolotsky – Yuri L. Bolotsky Bolton – Barry Bolton - entomologo Bonaparte – Carlo Luciano Bonaparte (1794–1857) ornitologo Bond – James Bond (ornitologo) (1900–1989) ornitologo Bond – Jason Bond aracnologo Bonelli – Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830) ornitologo, entomologo Bonhote – J. Lewis Bonhote (1875–1922) Bonnaterre – Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1747–1804) Borchsenius – Nikolaj Sergeevič Borchsenius (1906-1975) Borkhausen – Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806) Born – Ignaz von Born (1742–1791) Borodin – Nikolai Andreyevich Borodin (1861–1937) Borsuk-Bialynicka – Maria Magdalena Borsuk-Białynicka Bory de Saint-Vincent – Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846) Bosc – Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic (1759–1828) Boucard – Adolphe Boucard (1839–1905) Bouček – Zdeněk Bouček - entomologo Boulenger – George Albert Boulenger (1858–1937) 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) Braun - Annette Frances Braun (1884 – 1978) entomologa Bremer – Otto Vasilievich Bremer (died 1873)) Bremi-Wolf – Johann Jacob Bremi-Wolf (1791–1857) Brèthes - Jean Brèthes (1871-1928) entomologo Brett-Surman – Michael K. Brett-Surman (nato 1950) Brevoort – James Carson Brevoort (1818–1887) Brewster – William Brewster (ornitologo) (1851–1919) ornitologo Briggs – John Carmon Briggs (1920-) Brischke – Carl Gustav Alexander Brischke (1814–1897) Brisson – Mathurin-Jacques Brisson (1723–1806) Brittinger – Christian Casimir Brittinger (1795–1869) Brodkorb – Pierce Brodkorb ornitologo, paleontologo Brongniart – Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847) paleontologo Bronn – Heinrich Georg Bronn (1800–1862) Brooke – Victor Brooke (1843–1891) Brookes – Joshua Brookes (1761–1833) zoologo generale Broom – Robert Broom (1866–1951) Brown – Barnum Brown (1873–1963) Bruand - Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle (1808–1861) entomologo Bruch – Carl Friedrich Bruch (1789–1851) Bruguière – Jean-Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798) Brullé – Gaspard Auguste Brullé (1809–1873) Brünnich – Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827) Brusatte – Stephen L. Brusatte (1984-) Brusina – Spiridione Brusina (1845-1909)