Yoshimaro Yamashina, born in July 5, 1900 at Kjimachi, Tokyo, was a Japanese professor who specializes in paleontology which earned him the Jean Delacour Prize in 1977 and the Order of the Golden Ark award in 1978.
Marquis Yoshimaro Yamashina ( , Yamashina Yoshimaro, July 5, 1900  January 28, 1989) was a Japanese ornithologist. He specialized in research on the avian species of Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and conducted his doctoral research on avian cytology, in affiliation with Hokkaido University. Afterwards, he devoted considerable effort into genetic research on the chromosomes of birds, and the use of DNA to distinguish between species. Throughout his career, Yamashina was author of numerous technical papers, and several books. 
