"Baron Georges Cuvier" ba kalma ba ce da za a iya samu a cikin ƙamus domin sunan mutum ne. Georges Cuvier, wanda kuma aka fi sani da Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier, masanin halitta ne na Faransa kuma masanin dabbobi wanda ake ɗauka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin uban da suka kafa kwatankwacin ilimin halittar jiki da ilimin burbushin halittu. Ya ba da gudummawa sosai wajen fahimtar tarihin burbushin halittu da kuma rarraba dabbobi.