home range

noun

, Ecology.

1. the area in which an animal normally lives.

home range

noun

1. ecology the area in which an animal normally ranges

Word History and Origins

Origin of home range¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

This creates situations where, for example, a species like the hog deer, a small deer native to South Asia, is endangered in its home range but hunted and treated as feral in Australia.

From Vox

By expanding our home range, we’re now able to extract more resources from our environment.

From Nautilus

It’s almost as if these final tweaks made bipedalism even more efficient, and allowed us to travel greater distances, expand our home range.

From Nautilus

A typical home range, therefore, seems to average no more than 75 feet in radius.

From Project Gutenberg

The home range of the coyote is rarely ten miles across, except on the margin of mountains where sometimes it is twice this.

From Project Gutenberg

An individual may, and usually does, alter its home range over periods of time.

From Project Gutenberg

The area within which routine daily movements are confined constitutes the home range, which is variable in size and shape.

From Project Gutenberg

The home range is thus somewhat three-dimensional; both trails and feeding places are often above ground.

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