Palaearctic

British  

/ ˌpælɪˈɑːktɪk /

adjective

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Incidentally, the different osprey subspecies/species do hybridise in some places and there are reasons for thinking that eastern Palaearctic and North American ospreys have become more alike – due to hybridisation – since the end of the Pleistocene.

From Scientific American

Evidence for a second western Palaearctic seabird extinction during the last Millennium: the Lava shearwater Puffinus olsoni.

From Scientific American

Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals, 1758 to 1947.

From Scientific American

As compared with shrews, amongst the smallest of palaearctic mammals, the hedgehog is of considerable size.

From Project Gutenberg