: the area to which an animal usually confines its daily activities
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBirds wandering out of their home range is a fairly common occurrence. Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 The Sahel, the massive buffer zone between the Sahara Desert and the African savannah to its south, became the home range of Berber and Bedouin camel herders. Adam Kuper, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 What this signal reveals is a home range that hardly budged in Fred’s early adolescence, while the hale and hearty growth rates of childhood dramatically fell off. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 Breeding season is over, the pups are out of the den and the dogs are roaming across their 116-square-mile home range with predatory brio.New York Times, 20 June 2022 Turtles have a home range and females often return to the same area to lay eggs. Jesse Leavenworth, Hartford Courant, 24 May 2022 Here, the correlation was clear: Neuron density had the biggest effect on quantitative sensitivity among all metrics tested, including traits like home range size and social group size. Max G. Levy, Wired, 25 Jan. 2022 As one of the most aquatic garter snakes, the narrow-headed garter snake is facing a bleak future in Arizona and throughout its Southwestern home range. Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2021 Wolverines live in extremely low densities and have an average home range of about 500-square miles for an adult male. Abi Cole, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2021 See More