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Palæarctic, a.|pæliːˈɑːktɪk, peɪ-|
Also Palearctic and with lower-case initial.
[f. palæ- + Arctic.]
Belonging to the northern region of the ‘Old World’ or eastern hemisphere; applied to the zoo-geographical region including Europe, North Africa, and Asia north of the Himālayas. Also absol.
1858P. L. Sclater in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) II. 135, I think we may consider Africa, north of the Atlas, Europe and Northern Asia, to form one primary division of the earth's surface, for which the name Palæarctic or Northern Palæogean Region would be best applicable. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life iii. 39 Our first zoological region, which has been termed the ‘Palæarctic’ by Mr. Sclater. 1882American V. 188 The ‘Palæarctic’ or Eur-Asiatic division. 1951Antiquity XXV. 69 If Odysseus began as a bear, as Rhys Carpenter asks us to believe, it is well to know how palæarctic that makes him. 1957P. J. Darlington Zoogeogr. vii. 438 The Palearctic is north-temperate with an arctic fringe. 1974Environmental Conservation I. 7/2 Huge numbers of palaearctic birds overwinter in the savanna zones south of the Sahara. |