Definition of "neotropics" [neotropics]

• Tropical America: the tropical areas of North, Central and South America; the tropics of the New World. (noun)

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• "Mammals of the neotropics: the central neotropics."
• "Nine orders and about 27 families of mammals are represented and all are typical of the adjacent mainland and the wider neotropics."
• "The Guajira/Barranquilla ecoregion along the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela and Colombia is a unique xerophytic area in the neotropics."