zoogeographichttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoogeographic_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoogeographic, adj.
Revised 2017

zoogeographicadjective

  1. 1875–
    Of or relating to zoogeography; = zoogeographical adj.
    1. 1875
      Give the names and limits of the terrestrial zoogeographic regions described in the lectures.
      App. Rep. President Queen's Coll., Belfast 70 in Rep. Commissioners vol. XI
    2. 1907
      Zoögeographic works in all points confirm the conclusions.
      Journal of Geology (Chicago) vol. 15 296
    3. 1971
      The largest zoogeographic group so far recovered..is found in the southern shallow waters of the Florida-Halteras slope.
      Nature 9 July 88/1
    4. 2015
      For fauna at least New Zealand and Australia can be grouped together into their own exclusive zoogeographic region.
      A. Stow et al., Austral Ark Introduction p. xv

Originally published as part of the entry for zoogeography, n.

zoogeographic, adj. was revised in June 2017.

zoogeographic, adj. was last modified in July 2023.