Frederic Cuvier
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Frédéric Cuvier
Frédéric Cuvier
Born	June 28, 1773(1773-06-28)
Died	July 24, 1838 (aged 65)
Nationality	French
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle
Notable awards	Member of the Royal Society
Author abbreviation (zoology)	F. Cuvier

Frédéric Cuvier (June 28, 1773–July 24, 1838) was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier.

Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1804 to 1838. He discovered the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in 1821. 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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