Holarctic

Classification · Identification · See Also · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

No Taxon (Glossary --use Taxonomy, then Info tabs to view entries)

No Taxon (H)

No Taxon Holarctic

Identification

Holarctic adjective and proper noun - belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising the Nearctic (shaded green above) and Palearctic (shaded magenta above) regions.

Sometimes used as a noun, "the Holarctic", an abbreviated form of "the holarctic region". See the summary from Wikipedia--Holarctic, for instance:

The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic, consisting of North America north to southern Mexico.

See Also

Holarctic

Internet References

Wikipedia--Holarctic

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 August, 2008 - 8:24am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 26 July, 2009 - 12:59pm

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