Nearctic

American  

[nee-ahrk-tik, -ahr-] / niˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr- /

adjective

Biogeography.

1. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising temperate Greenland and Arctic North America, sometimes including high mountainous regions of the northern Temperate Zone.

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Nearctic British  

/ nɪˈɑːktɪk /

adjective

1. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of North America, north of the tropic of Cancer, and Greenland

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Etymology

Origin of Nearctic

First recorded in 1855–60; ne- + Arctic

Example Sentences

The first of these supports Newton’s contention of the essential unity of the Nearctic and Palaearctic areas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The Nearctic region has no hedgehogs, nor wild pigs, nor dormice, and only one wild sheep in the Rocky Mountains as against twenty species of sheep and goats in the Pal�arctic region.

From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel

There is no family of birds common to the Nearctic area and the Antillean subregion without occurring also in other parts of the Neotropical region, a fact which proves its affinity to the latter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Nearctic: temperate and arctic North America, including Greenland.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

I have studied the baculum in chipmunks and in all the major supraspecific groups of Nearctic squirrels.

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by White, John A.