Palaearctic
Britishadjective
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Since the 1500s, only two bird species in the Western Palaearctic, a vast area spanning North Africa to polar regions, were considered to have gone extinct.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
Evidence for a second western Palaearctic seabird extinction during the last Millennium: the Lava shearwater Puffinus olsoni.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 10, 2013
Atlas, constitute the Palaearctic region of Dr. Sclater, whose zoological primary divisions of the earth have met with the general approval of naturalists.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
No general agreement on the number of species in this Palaearctic group has been reached, and bacula of only three or four of the numerous Old World subspecies have been figured.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney
The Carnivora are likewise numerous, and this region may be considered as the true home of the tiger, though this animal has wandered far north into the Palaearctic division of Asia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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