Palaearctic

/ ˌpælɪˈɑːktɪk /

adjective

of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas

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Having shown this much we have next to deal with the peculiarities of the vast Palaearctic subregion.

The entire number of Palaearctic families are, according to Newton, 67, and of the genera 323.

Towards the north the vegetation is palaearctic, and differs little in its composition from that of Germany, Russia and Siberia.

Nor can it be convincingly asserted that the extra-Palaearctic Lumbricids are real indigenes of those—often tropical—countries.

The mammal fauna of the Indian region of Asia is much more highly developed than that of the Palaearctic.

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