zoogeography

zo·o·ge·og·ra·phy

the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals; specif., the study of the relationship between specific animal forms and species and the regions in which they live

Origin of zoogeography

zoo- + geography

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zoogeography

noun

The biological study of the geographic distribution of animals, especially the causes and effects of such distribution.

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zo′o·ge·og′ra·pher
noun

zo′o·ge′o·graph′ic zo′o·ge′o·graph′i·cal
adjective

zo′o·ge′o·graph′i·cal·ly
adverb

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural zoogeographies)

The scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species.

Origin

zoo- +"Ž geography

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Closely connected with palaeogeography is zoogeography, the animal distribution of past periods.
The science of zoogeography, founded by Humboldt, Edward Forbes, Huxley, P. L.
' It is to palaeogeography and zoogeography in their reciprocal relations that palaeontology has rendered the most unique services.
Engler, Entwickelungsgeschichte der Pflanzenwelt; also Beddard, Zoogeography (Cambridge, 1895); and Sclater, The Geography of Mammals (London, 1899).

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