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Holarctic

American  
[ho-lahrk-tik, -ahr-tik, hoh-] / hɒˈlɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪk, hoʊ- /

adjective

Zoogeography.
  1. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic and Palearctic regions.


Holarctic British  
/ həʊˈlɑːktɪk /

adjective

  1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Holarctic

First recorded in 1883; hol(o)- + Arctic


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The molluscan fauna of the latter country is so closely connected with that of Europe, that it is quite impossible to elevate it to the rank of a sub-region of the Holarctic Region.

From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff

The genus, however, ranges all over the Holarctic Region, that is to say roughly, over Europe, Central and Northern Asia, and North America.

From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff

The genus includes a small group of crane-flies with a Holarctic distribution, there being about six species in North America and two, or possibly three, in Europe.

From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 by Charles P. Alexander

No less than ten other species of Accentor are known, all of which are confined to Central Asia and the Himalayan Mountains, and are therefore all Holarctic.

From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff

Chipmunks are small striped squirrels that inhabit the Holarctic Realm and that are found in similar niches in each of the three regions: Palearctic, western Nearctic, and eastern Nearctic.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White

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