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Definition of "zoogeography" []

  • The biological study of the geographic distribution of animals, especially the causes and effects of such distribution. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "zoogeography" in a sentence
  • "The last time it was this cold, South Florida was, from the perspective of zoogeography, a bit of a different place; recent years have seen an influx of non-native animals, many of them cold-sensitive reptiles."
  • "Climate, population viability, and the zoogeography of temperate fishes."
  • "The Greenland caribou – zoogeography, taxonomy, and population dynamics."