Yoshinori Imaizumi

Japanese zoologist (1914–2007)

Yoshinori Imaizumi
Born	Yoshinori Imaizumi (1914-03-11)11 March 1914
Died	2 April 2007(2007-04-02) (aged 93)

Yoshinori Imaizumi (今泉吉典, Imaizumi Yoshinori, March 11, 1914 – April 2, 2007) was a Japanese zoologist. He is known for describing the Iriomote cat in 1967. He was the director of the zoological department of the National Museum of Nature and Science.^[1]

References

^ Imaizumi, Y. (1966–1967). 琉球, 西表島産の山猫 (新属新種) について [A new genus and species of cat from Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands] (pdf). 哺乳動物学雑誌 (in Japanese). 3. 日本哺乳動物学界: 75–105. ISSN 1884-393X. Retrieved June 8, 2012.