This taxon author Taylor may refer to:

• Albert L. Taylor (1901–1988), U.S. nematologist
• A.R.A. Taylor (born 1921, A.R.A.Taylor), botanist
• Brian Taylor, entomologist
• Charlotte M. Taylor (C.M.Taylor), U.S. botanist
• Christopher A. Taylor, U.S. carcinologist
• Constance Elaine Southern Taylor (C.E.S.Taylor), botanist
• Dean W. Taylor (D.W.Taylor), botanist
• Derek J. Taylor carcinologist
• Dwight Willard Taylor (1932–2006), U.S. malacologist and paleontologist
• Edward Harrison Taylor, herpetologist
• Frank Henry Taylor (1886–1945), Australian-born entomologist
• Frank John Rupert Taylor (born 1939, F.J.R.Taylor), phycologist
• Gary S. Taylor, entomologist
• J. Mary Taylor, mammalogist
• Jeffrey N. Taylor, ichthyologist
• John D. Taylor, malacologist
• John William Taylor (1845–1931), British malacologist
• Kenneth L. Taylor, entomologist
• Leigthon R. Taylor, ichthyologist
• Michael S. Taylor, ichthyologist
• Michelle L. Taylor, cnidariologist
• Mike Taylor, entomologist
• Paul D. Taylor, bryozoologist
• Peter J. Taylor, mammalogist
• Peter N. Taylor, herpetologist
• Raymond Leech Taylor (1901–?, R.L.Taylor), botanist
• Robert W. Taylor, Australian myrmecologist
• Ronald J. Taylor, (born 1932, R.J.Taylor), botanist
• Steven J. Taylor, U.S. carcinologist
• Thomas Taylor (1775–1848, Taylor), lichenologist
• Thomas Taylor (1820–1910, T.Taylor), botanist
• Thomas N. Taylor (fl. 1969, T.N.Taylor), botanist
• W.Carl Taylor (born 1946, W.C.Tylor), botanist
• William R. Taylor, ichthyologist
• William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990, W.R.Taylor), phycologist