Frédéric Cuvier
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 Frédéric Cuvier |
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| Born | June 28, 1773 |
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| Died | July 24, 1838 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Institution | Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Notable prizes | Member of the Royal Society |
| ICZN abbrev. | The standard author abbreviation F. Cuvier may be used to indicate this person in citing a zoological name. |
Frédéric Cuvier (June 28, 1773–July 24, 1838) was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of Georges Cuvier.
Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1804 to 1838. He discoverd the red panda (Ailurus Fulgens) in 1921. The chair of comparative physiology was created for him at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in 1837. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society in 1835.
Cuvier was the author, with Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, of Histoire naturelle des mammifères (4 vols., 1819–1842).
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