zoogeography
noun
the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.
zoogeographic
-
a word derived from
zoogeography.
Example Sentences
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Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS Just before Christmas, Science magazine published "an update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 11, 2013
Once a fourth genus is recognized, certain phylogenetic problems disappear and a reasonable zoogeographic interpretation is possible for Middle American leptodactylid distribution.
From Genera of Leptodactylid Frogs in México by John D. Lynch
Some species for which there are no authentic records from Michoacán can be expected there on zoogeographic probability.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
This character not only further strengthens the argument that the two genera are closely related but poses a problem of zoogeographic analysis of the distribution of the character, which will be discussed fully elsewhere.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch
The analysis below is concerned with breeding of many kinds of birds of an arbitrarily defined area and with the influence of certain ecologic and zoogeographic factors on the breeding seasons for those several species.
From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston
