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home range
noun
, Ecology.
- the area in which an animal normally lives.
home range
noun
- ecology the area in which an animal normally ranges
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Word History and Origins
Origin of home range1
First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences
A typical home range, therefore, seems to average no more than 75 feet in radius.
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The home range of the coyote is rarely ten miles across, except on the margin of mountains where sometimes it is twice this.
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An individual may, and usually does, alter its home range over periods of time.
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The area within which routine daily movements are confined constitutes the home range, which is variable in size and shape.
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The home range is thus somewhat three-dimensional; both trails and feeding places are often above ground.
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