zoogeography
noun
the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.
zoogeographical
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a word derived from
zoogeography.
Example Sentences
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Wild oxen were found in all the continents except South America; deer everywhere except in true Africa, zoogeographical Africa, Africa south of the Sahara.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
At the present time cranes inhabit all the great zoogeographical regions of the earth, except the Neotropical, and some sixteen or seventeen species are discriminated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
That the Straits of Gibraltar are only of recent formation has been suggested on zoogeographical evidence by Bourguignat, Simroth, Kobelt, and many others.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
I have already expressed my disagreement with that theory from a zoogeographical point of view.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
Indeed, he shows that Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and North-west Africa form a zoogeographical province, from which Italy, with the exception of a few localities on its west coast, is excluded.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
