Palearctic

a. [动]古北区(包括欧洲、 亚洲北部阿拉伯北部以及非洲的撒哈拉以北部分)的

词形变化

the Palearctic

别名

Palaearctic

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    One of the major ecozones of the world, covering Europe, the former territories of the USSR, part of North Africa, and North Asia including the Himalaya foothills.

    生物

相关短语

Western Palearctic

词源

Coined by English zoologist, ornithologist, and lawyer Philip Sclater in 1858 as one of the six general groupings of fauna, based on shared biogeography and large-scale geographic barriers to migration. Derived from paleo- + Arctic in contrast to neo- + Arctic (Nearctic), in reference to the Northern ("Arctic") portions of the Old World and the New World respectively.

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