Nearctic
(a.) Of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic North America and Greenland. In the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species. | ||||
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nearctic
\ne*arc"tic\ (?), a. [neo + arctic.] of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic north america and greenland. in the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
nearctic
\ne*arc"tic\ (?), a. [neo + arctic.] of or pertaining to a region of the earth's surface including all of temperate and arctic north america and greenland. in the geographical distribution of animals, this region is marked off as the habitat certain species.
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Nearctic ecozone
For the thoroughbred racehorse see Nearctic (horse).
The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico. Southern Mexico, southern Florida, Central America, and the Caribbean islands are part of the Neotropic ecozone, together with South America.
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