Palaearctic

British

/ ˌpælɪˈɑːktɪk /

adjective

of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas

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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

Broadly speaking, these six regions are equivalent to the great masses of land; they are convenient terms for geographical facts, especially since the Palaearctic region expresses the unity of Europe with the bulk of Asia.

From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

Having shown this much we have next to deal with the peculiarities of the vast Palaearctic subregion.

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

The entire number of Palaearctic families are, according to Newton, 67, and of the genera 323.

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

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