Palaeotropical
/ˌpalɪə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk(ə)l
/ /ˌpeɪlɪə(ʊ)ˈtrɒpɪk(ə)l/(US Paleotropical)
adjective
1 Botany Relating to or denoting a phytogeographical kingdom comprising Africa, tropical Asia, New Guinea, and many Pacific islands (excluding Australia and New Zealand).This five-year project, which started in mid-2003, is investigating the changes that took place in Palaeotropical terrestrial habitats towards the end of the Moscovian Age....
- The tropical rainforests of Queensland have species with mainly Palaeotropical affinities.
1.1 Zoology Relating to or denoting a zoogeographical region comprising the tropical parts of the Old World.Although less intensively studied than Nearctic species, numerous Palearctic and Paleotropical species also utter flight calls....
- For a distribution to be Palaeotropical a taxon must occur in tropical regions on both continents in the Old World, i.e. in Africa and Asia.
- Fifteen species of neotropical and three species of Paleotropical bats are known either to roost. in or to make tents in over 80 species of vascular plants.
- treehopper
- tree house
- tree-hugger
- tree-hugging
- tree kangaroo
- treeless
- treelessness
- tree-like
- treeline
- tree-lined
- tree lungwort
- tree lupin
- tree mallow
- tree map
- treen
- treenail
- tree of heaven
- tree of knowledge
- tree of knowledge of good and evil
- tree of life
- tree pie
- tree pipit
- tree ring
- tree shrew
- tree snake