Antonio Caruccio (1837–1923)

Italian physician and zoologist. MD, Cagliari, 1860. At Cagliari Institute of Anatomy from about 1860; teacher of comparative anatomy, 1867. Professor of zoology, Modena, 1872. In Modena, founded the journal Lo Spallanzani and expanded the Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. Professor in Rome, 1884. Founded the Roman Society for Zoological Studies (from 1900 the Italian Zoological Society) in 1892.