zoogeography
noun
the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.
zoogeographic
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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
The present work treats mainly certain temporal relationships of breeding birds in Kansas, but also geographic distribution, habitat preferences, and zoogeographic relationships to the extent necessary for a useful discussion of temporal breeding phenomena.
From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Richard F. Johnston
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
Whatever its ultimate specific affinities may be, S. p. interrupta clearly is a plains mammal, and thus is here considered in that zoogeographic unit.
From Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota by Kenneth W. Andersen
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
