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

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Example Sentences

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Nearctic

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

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

From Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks by John A. White

Neotropical region requires very little definition, since it comprises the whole of America south of the Nearctic region, with the addition of the Antilles or West Indian Islands.

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

More than one-third of the genera of Nearctic birds are common also to the Palaearctic subregion.

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

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

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